&gt;symbiosis<p>It exists in 3 forms.<p>1) Both benefit (I.E.: mutualistic)<p>2) Only 1 benefits while the other has no clue of its usage (I.E.: commensalism). Vultures and Lions more or less, or hermit crabs and shell fish which are dead.<p>3) One actively benefits while the other is consumed by the active particpant (I.E.: Paracitism).<p>:.:.:<p>Your argument is that webscale logging is mutualistic. To an extent I&#x27;ll agree. But this isn&#x27;t the case. Google is mutualistic when using say GWallet, Docs, Mail, search etc.<p>But Like&#x2F;Plus buttons, as well as cookie sniffing isn&#x27;t mutualistic. Its commensalism. I have no say if another organism uses what I leave behind, it doesn&#x27;t directly effect me, but it benefits another organism.