Thanks javis! Obviously I know very little about this field and just took Google's word as truth.

To be honest all my connection is through SMS/MMS/Phone call.
And also a Outlook email from my uni. I have a gmail only used for Google services, not used at all.

Then it is a shame.
Supporting open standards that simply work is always better because it allows competition which keeps the users in-line. Great for consumers.

But Google being evil here could still be a good thing.
They might become the next Facebook, and then open up their standards.

Obviously once you become as enormous as something like Facebook, its hard for competitors to defeat you even if they have access to your code.

Human routine is hard to break, we're a stubborn bunch.