Well, a good reason to use email. I'm quite happy with the spam filtering on Google Apps and have no particular reason to go through the trouble of setting up my own server.
But are you happy with Google data-mining your email to deliver custom ads? (Of course, if you have an adblocker installed you won't see them, but the principle holds.)
Yes I am happy for Google to do that. You phrase the question as if people won't have even thought about it that way. I think it's a trade where I come off the best.
I'm not much of a consumer. I don't buy that much stuff. My value to advertisers is probably a lot less than they think it is so I'm currently doing fairly well from selling my profile in return for free services.
That's fine for messages you send or friends that know not to communicate over Facebook, but it doesn't mean your Facebook inbox goes away (unless you close your account). It still leaves open the possibility that someone will try to contact you on Facebook and their message will wind up in the Other inbox.
