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My OCD with Google has gone too far. Its to the point where I am creating a Google account for each category of services offered by Google for my Android phone. I feel some accounts should be separated because of their nature.

Currently my individual Google accounts:

1 for Play Store

1 for community-oriented services (Google+, YouTube)

1 for Email (Google Apps)

1 for Google Voice

1 for Chrome Sync between desktop/mobile browser

Is there really any benefit to this, or do I really have paranoia of Google 'profiling' my information from multiple services on an account?

I am a long term supporter of Bitcoin, and have ordered a couple of specialized mining devices (ASICs) from a well-known individual of the Bitcoin community. This individual, Tom, is known for founding [BTCFPGA](http://btcfpga.com), which sells Bitcoin FPGAs and was one of the first to provide FPGAs to Bitcoin.

Recently, he started [BitcoinASIC](http://bitcoinasic.com) to launch ASICs to the Bitcoin mining market. There have been a couple companies who have promised to deliver ASICs, but none of them have delivered yet. Competition is fierce, as ASICs provide significant advantages in hashing power compared to GPUs, resulting in greater profits to miners.

Today, I was notified of an announcement of the founder stepping down and selling his equity to an Chinese manufacturer in response to not being able to meet shipping expectations.

I find this announcement relatively depressing, Tom had been very enthusiastic and hopeful attempting to have his company be the first to launch ASICs when he started. However from yesterday's announcement, the stress he had taken can be clearly reflected from his post. I also found [this article](http://pandodaily.com/2012/11/20/the-last-day/) relavent through the hard reality of startups.

Announcement link (also in comments; too long for here): https://www.btcfpga.com/forum/index.php?topic=954.msg2804#msg2804