MrP
The risk that any app will, now or in the future, be hacked, sold or just changed to suck all the data from your phone and send it somewhere you don't want it sent is too high for my taste.
Yes, but: "Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice"
Maybe a way to get there, or to try to explain it in a different way would be: You have to hate "having the item in your todo list" more than "doing the task".
I know I do. It's annoying to "carry" that todo item in my head all the time, with its danger of forgetting it, or the need to note it down somewhere, then remember to check the somewhere... So I know I'l feel liberated when I do it.
Yes, on the face of it this applies much better to "pay that bill" than to "write a book". But you'd be surprised. Soon you won't think of yourself as a procrastinator, you'll feel like someone who takes charge and does stuff. You know what people like that do, apart from the small stuff? The big stuff.
Good luck!
It sounds silly because it is. Just do it now.
What do you want, to search for stuff or to feel that you're supporting the winning team or something?
We are the same intransigent nerds that originally moved to FF over IE6 on principle, only this time also with more disposable income (You know, the people you want to show ads to), on top of technical acumen and prescriptive influence.
Chrome is a couple more undeleteable tracking cookies or proprietary languages away from the tipping point.
It definitely has fewer features than gmail/calendar, and a less "slick" UI, but you know what? I don't even care. It's just a webmail! Do it, the experiment will cost you very little, if you don't already own your own domain (I'm going to take a stab and guess you already own your own domain...)
Next step: Android. Any suggestions?