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> Microsoft is reinventing itself. Agreed. They're no longer selling software licences, but targeted ads based on what you do locally on your personal compute
by jenscow 8y ago
> Microsoft is reinventing itself.
Agreed.
They're no longer selling software licences, but targeted ads based on what you do locally on your personal computer.
And people "allow" this by not jumping through hoops to disable it.
- Fnoord 8y ago> They're no longer selling software licences, but targeted ads based on what you do locally on your personal computer. They're doing both, but Google does something like that as well (that doesn't make it right, but it puts it in perspective that its the newest rage), and Microsoft is a convicted monopolist. The old Microsoft was much more evil than the current.
- actsasbuffoon 8y agoI don't care if they're better or worse than they used to be. I don't care what the other guy is doing. Forced telemetry is deeply, deeply unethical.