Flock The New AOL Client?

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Not sure that I understand what is supposed to be so wonderful about flock. To me it seems to be taking users back to the days of the 'walled garden' days of the AOL application that lulled/forced users into using it for all of their email, browsing and content instead of just using a browser directly.

I also have a big problem with all of that personal data aggregation being tied to running the flock browser. Why not use one of the many (and growing) number of web-based tools to aggregate your 'personal infocloud' so that it is available everywhere you are (including from mobile devices).

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