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I'm unsure if Macs send as much data. For a fact, Android combined with Google apps know A LOT more. Microsoft tends to get singled out while being the better

I'm unsure if Macs send as much data. For a fact, Android combined with Google apps know A LOT more. Microsoft tends to get singled out while being the better option, sometimes

partiallypro 10y ago
Sometimes? More like all the time. Microsoft still gets unfair criticism when what it is doing is usually less than its competitors (Apple, Google.) It's pretty astounding, HN reads like early 2000s Slashdot sometimes in regards to its complete hatred of Windows. This entire thread is almost verbatim early 2000s Slashdot, "I just switched to Linux and I love it" along with all the OSS evangelists piling on. It's more annoying than insightful.
- Teckla 10y ago
  Microsoft still gets unfair criticism when what it is doing is usually less than its competitors (Apple, Google.) This is a subjective opinion (i.e., subject to debate), and also a harmful one. "The other guy is worse" is never a good defense.
  - partiallypro 10y ago
    Actually I think the defense of "Microsoft should never adapt to market standards that others have set, because they are Microsoft" is never a good defense.
- nol13 10y ago
  Why should our reaction to using software that actively works against us be any different now than it was then? FOSS is important.