fcodc of Mac Recon made an interesting point in his blog about why he is going to stop using Apple's .Mac service. He cites the fact that the features that Apple gives you through the .Mac account are now being offered by other people, sometime at no cost. Plus there seems to be no new features for the .Mac in the coming weeks and months. In his post, he also gives some examples of these features that have alternatives.

• Mail - Gmail, gives you more that 2GB of FREE space (with POP3 access)
• iDisk - using software like gDisk you can store apps and the like in you gmail account
• Backup - there are free alternatives such a Silverkeeper
• Homepage - Apple is trying to sell people iWeb, which can upload your site anywhere, and  now, you can get a free web page from Google (not to mention that web space is cheap, much cheaper than that of .Mac's)
• Groups - Both Yahoo and Google have them

He also cites that Apple still has not delivered the .Mac exclusive widgets they promised with the release of Tiger. That's his argument for leaving, frankly, I've thought the same thing ever since I saw the price which is not worth it, in my book. Feel free to speak out loud through your comments.