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>> Microsoft was one of the few major players in IT that could realistically have offered an antidote to the always-online, spy-on-everything, everything-is-a-s

>> Microsoft was one of the few major players in IT that could realistically have offered an antidote to the always-online, spy-on-everything, everything-is-a-service, subscribe-not-buy, force-updates-you-don't-want madness of recent years. I felt the same way after they came out and said they really believe in protecting data and people's privacy. This is the exact opposite of all the big talk over the past few years. Disappointing for sure. I tried upgrading to Win 10 this past weekend and it was a disaster. My 3 year old video card wasn't supported (no dual monitors) and then after I reverted back to 7, it killed all my network adapters so I couldn't connect to the internet. I had to nuke my entire OS and start fresh. I'm not upgrading anytime soon. Here's some of those articles: http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2013/12/04/protecting-customer-data-from-government-snooping/ http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2013/12/04/protecting-custom... http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2014/07/01/advancing-our-encryption-and-transparency-efforts/ http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2014/07/01/advancin... http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/microsoft-suspecting-nsa-spying-to-ramp-up-efforts-to-encrypt-its-internet-traffic/2013/11/26/44236b48-56a9-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/microsoft-...

dragonwriter 11y ago
> I felt the same way after they came out and said they really believe in protecting data and people's privacy. This is the exact opposite of all the big talk over the past few years. Disappointing for sure. But, that's pretty much a well-established pattern (Microsoft has done it with lots of things before, but so has Apple and lots of other companies, its not particular to Microsoft) -- if someone realizes an opportunity you didn't, you attack them for it and try to get the market to see the product as unnecessary or even abusive, right up until you are ready to push something that exploits the same opportunity.

dragonwriter 11y ago

> I felt the same way after they came out and said they really believe in protecting data and people's privacy. This is the exact opposite of all the big talk over the past few years. Disappointing for sure. But, that's pretty much a well-established pattern (Microsoft has done it with lots of things before, but so has Apple and lots of other companies, its not particular to Microsoft) -- if someone realizes an opportunity you didn't, you attack them for it and try to get the market to see the product as unnecessary or even abusive, right up until you are ready to push something that exploits the same opportunity.