@c0rt3x:

i share many of your concerns.
google is evil and should be avoided - from a moral point of view.

but: nokia never intended to produce a device based on GNU/linux becaue of ideology or any moral issues. it's not the aim of the N900 or any othe Maemo based device to be best in class when it comes to these issues. i bet they're not even discussed inside Nokia.

so yes, we have this tight integration with google. we have skype. but as others said here: it's still up to you. there's alternatives and you can use them on this device.

i prefer to look at the issue the other way round: i never expected to ever own a device that lets me avoid these things so easily. i cannot and must not expect the Maemo team to prevent others from using what i believe is morally unacceptable.