I care. I use p2pool and avoid central mining pools. just sayin.
(1) No one currently cares. Pools, for example, can rob their miners undetectably... they _could_ do things to prove that they were not cheating, but none do. Miners could use P2Pool which can't rob miners, but most do not. I imagine the story will be the same for cloud mining services, and they'll be able to use even more arguments about reputation and such to claim their honesty.