Has anyone else noticed this?
http://accounts.google.com
Feels like a tiny bit of the Google master plan has come into view (though I guess this much is obvious to anyone):
1. Build awesome free services
...
x. Build the largest walled garden the world has ever seen
???
x+2. profit
[EDIT] It looks like this has been around a long time and I was just last to notice when I logged into my gmail account the other day.