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"Hi early 2000s computer user, let's make a deal: I get full access to everything you do online, and get to do anything I want with the information. Perhaps I'
by m_eiman 6y ago
"Hi early 2000s computer user, let's make a deal:
I get full access to everything you do online, and get to do anything I want with the information. Perhaps I'll use it to maybe target ads slightly better in some cases, and put myself into every value chain you're involved with so I can get a cut at every step.
Oh, and I'll do my best to move all computing online, so that 'everything you do online' equals 'everything you do with a computer'.
In exchange you'll get a web browser that is at times more performant than the others. Hell, I'll even throw in a free email account (where I can gather all the best bits of info)!
It's a pretty good deal, don't you think?"
- judge2020 6y ago"if it means I don't have to pay $20/year for more than 2mb of hotmail storage, i'm all for it!" https://www.pcworld.com/article/116657/article.html#drr-container:~:text=Microsoft%20is%20also%20readying%20a%20new,20MB%20attachments%2C%20for%20%2419.95%20yearly.%20Previously https://www.pcworld.com/article/116657/article.html#drr-cont... (250mb free increase was suspected to be a response to Gmail)