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Nadella turned Microsoft into a data mining operation just like the rest of the FAANG gang and the market rewarded him. Surveillance capitalism must be regulat
by skummetmaelk 6y ago
Nadella turned Microsoft into a data mining operation just like the rest of the FAANG gang and the market rewarded him.
Surveillance capitalism must be regulated out of existence.
- actuator 6y agoIsn't Azure leading the turnaround, not Windows?
- bachmeier 6y agoWas Ballmer a big proponent of privacy?
- cammil 6y agoIs this not a market forces cause rather than Nadella? It seems everyone is fighting to control data. Sometimes it seems to me that we forgot that this whole industry comes under the banner of information technology.
- wombatmobile 6y agoHave you ever sailed an enormous tri-masted clipper ship across an ocean to a safe harbour and arrived with your cargo intact, on time, with no illness or injury to yourself or your crew? Was that a wind force thing or your masterful captaincy?
- Craighead 6y agoIts because the United States Navy ensures the ocean is safe to travel on
- fsflover 6y ago> It seems everyone is fighting to control data. Not everyone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purism_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purism_(company).
- burntoutfire 6y agoWhat is Microsoft doing with all that data? Google and Facebook optimize ads based on it, but what does Microsoft need it for?
- fsflover 6y agoWaiting for a good deal?
- Silhouette 6y agoWhat is Microsoft doing with all that data? The thing is, when you're talking about an operating system with access to everything you do on your own equipment, it doesn't necessarily matter what they do with the data. The fact that any data is uploaded involuntarily is already a big problem. I've been a Windows desktop user for most of my professional life, because in most fields, that's where you'd find the best quality and range of software and the best hardware support. But since the shift to 10, and the attempted abuse of 7 upwards via updates, I've become very cautious about Microsoft and its user-hostile actions. In my own businesses, we run many different platforms now and each computer or device we buy is configured individually according to the needs of its user. The major exception is Windows 10, which we don't use at all as a primary desktop OS. How can you ever trust a system that will update itself against your will and upload your data against your will, run by a business that is apparently building its whole strategy around continuing to do those things and overpowering any user resistance? What amazes me is that lawyers and compliance officers working in smaller businesses aren't blowing the roof off over this stuff, which seems to all but guarantee that you can't comply with privacy regulations like the GDPR or typical corporate non-disclosure agreements. It seems that several European privacy regulators do have similar concerns and may be investigating various aspects of modern Microsoft systems. Is this just a case of everyone keeping their head down and hoping for the best because they don't see any better options than continuing to use Windows anyway?
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago> "What is Microsoft doing with all that data?" Error reporting and usage telemetry, same as many apps and websites. Ever notice how, for all the furor about Windows telemetry, nobody is ever able to explain how that data is being abused or point out anything specifically that's problematic? That's because the people who keep bringing it up haven't been able to find any (yet, of course) despite proclaiming loudly how terrible it is. That really tells you all you need to know about them.
- Dirlewanger 6y agoMircosoft was brought under the PRISM fold with Ballmer as CEO.