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>I often wonder why Microsoft doesn't just bite the bullet and adopt Linux as the kernel for Windows. Linux doesn't have the massive data collection apparatus
by zxcvcxz 11y ago
>I often wonder why Microsoft doesn't just bite the bullet and adopt Linux as the kernel for Windows.
Linux doesn't have the massive data collection apparatus that Windows 10 does. If they released an OS with the Linux kernel + NSA, there would be no reason to use it over some other Linux distro.
Microsoft makes a lot of money from selling and analyzing your data. The main purpose of Windows at this point is the data collection tools.
- lucb1e 11y agoThis got downvoted, but aside from the snarky remark, it is a good point that Windows' main profit these days is probably data collection - or at least it's heading that way.
- Analemma_ 11y agoIt got downvoted because it's blatantly untrue, as is your comment. Windows' profit comes from licenses, same as it always did - the W10 upgrade was free for personal copies, but business users still pay, as do people who buy a new computer. The idea that Microsoft is making a big chunk of its money through data selling is baloney.
- lucb1e 11y agoSo you're saying they gather all that personal data for... no reason whatsoever? There have been so many threads on HN about Windows 10's privacy invasive settings, and here I'm being told they do no such thing?
- zxcvcxz 11y agoWell how do you know it's baloney if you can't trust Microsoft? If they aren't selling it then I'm sure they're just handing it over to the NSA and god knows what other world governments, which is even worse. It's just a matter of time until there's a massive data breach/leak and all of Microsoft customer data is on public display.