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Since the beginning of the Internet era，it has been widely accepted that whenyou join an online company，whatever data you put into it belongs to you.

That means you can sign up for one kind of email，import your contacts intothat system，and if you later decide to switch to some other email service，youcan export all your contacts from the first service into the new one.You can useMicrosoft’s Hotmail，then move to Yahoo Mail，then to Google’s Gmail.Or you canhave accounts on three services and keep all your contacts in each one.

That’ the way things were — until Facebook appeared. Facebook took adifferent approach Until recently, everything you put into Facebook could not beexported anywhere. In effect, you didn’t own your data. Facebook did.

Of course this is rubbish.The reality is that Facebook wants to make itdifficult，if not impossible，for you to leave.

Now that policy has sparked a fight between Google and Facebook.Google isangry because its users can，and often do，export their Gmail contact informationinto Facebook.But those people can’t bring Facebook information back intoGmail.

Earlier this month Google declared it would block exports of its data toFacebook.In a shameless move，Facebook broke through Google’s roadblock so itsusers could keep pulling data from Google.

Google said it was “disappointed’’ with Facebook’s behavior.It also created awarning screen to tell Gmail users that if they export their information toFacebook they won’t get it back.

Basically，Facebook’s position with major IT companies is this：if you wantaccess to all the information we’ve collected，strike a deal with us.Microsoftand Yahoo have done that，and now，like magic，they can export Facebook contactinformation into their systems，while Google still can’t.

Remember the early days of the Net，when everything was going to be open andflee？ That was great until people realized that their user data could be turnedinto gold.Now there are billions involved，and nobody is playing niceanymore.

31.Before Facebook appeared，people_______.

A.had a limited number of accounts

B.enjoyed a completely free service

C.had limited access to their contacts

D.enjoyed full ownership of their data

32.It seems that Facebook’s approach makes the writer rather_______.

A.annoyed

B.assured

C.puzzled

D.pleased

33.Google is angry with Facebook due to the latter’s refusal to_______.

A.let its users use Gmail

B.offer technical support

C.share user information

D.protect user information

34.The passage indicates that Microsoft and Yahoo have_______.

A.agreed to side with Google

B.accepted Facebook’s terms

C.taken their own approaches

D.struck a deal with each other

35.According to the writer, the current state of the Net is_______.

A.misleading

B.frustrating

C.promising

D.satisfying