what is wrong with you people?! this is great news! they will most probably make it completely free and who cares about g's ads - they never use banners on their own products so you'll only see text ads.

did you think the start-ups are created to serve you only? no, they are created in hopes of making a great product and cashing out to some big guys. and by all means google is the best suitor. or did you want apple to buy them? now in that case the project would go kaboom with all apple weirdness.