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I agree, not that different from Google either.

by 3v1n0 6y ago

aloisdg 6y ago
Or Amazon
- 3v1n0 6y ago
  Well amazon can't be neither compared in this, is by far way more evil. At least Google and MS keep some key products open source, so most of them can be checked and re-packaged if there are privacy concerns.
andrew_v4 6y ago
One difference I've found between MS and Google: MS is much more annoying about everything they do. (Hear me out) I'd be surprised if there is any real difference in how either company respects your privacy (neither does). But for the most part, google seems to do its thing in the background and leave you alone. Microsoft is constantly popping things up asking you to rate this or that, flinging things you didn't ask for onto your screen, basically the spirit of clippy reborn into modern data collection practices. If I'm going to have my information exploited no matter what I do, I'd rather at least have it happen unobtrusively. (To be fair, this is just my perception. I was in a g-suite shop for three years and now onto office 365 and I feel like it bothers me about stuff way more often the g-suite ever did)
- twobitshifter 6y ago
  Microsoft is annoying while Google is creepy. I’m annoyed by the dark pattern designs used by Microsoft, but Google will remember things that you about yourself that you didn’t at moments when you didn’t ask for help. It’s creepy because you’d rather not know that a company has that amount of data on your life.
astrea 6y ago
But Microsoft won't see as much scrutiny as any other tech giant because they are so deeply ingrained in the government's world.
- berkes 6y ago
  And when they are scrutinized, that most probably puts the scrutinizers themselves in a difficult position. The report in which the organization explains why Microsofts products are privacy invading, monopolized or otherwise breaching some law or regulation, that report itself is most probably written on those Microsoft products.

I agree, not that different from Google either.

by 3v1n0 6y ago

I agree, not that different from Google either.

aloisdg 6y ago

Or Amazon

3v1n0 6y ago
Well amazon can't be neither compared in this, is by far way more evil. At least Google and MS keep some key products open source, so most of them can be checked and re-packaged if there are privacy concerns.

andrew_v4 6y ago

One difference I've found between MS and Google: MS is much more annoying about everything they do. (Hear me out) I'd be surprised if there is any real difference in how either company respects your privacy (neither does). But for the most part, google seems to do its thing in the background and leave you alone. Microsoft is constantly popping things up asking you to rate this or that, flinging things you didn't ask for onto your screen, basically the spirit of clippy reborn into modern data collection practices. If I'm going to have my information exploited no matter what I do, I'd rather at least have it happen unobtrusively. (To be fair, this is just my perception. I was in a g-suite shop for three years and now onto office 365 and I feel like it bothers me about stuff way more often the g-suite ever did)

twobitshifter 6y ago
Microsoft is annoying while Google is creepy. I’m annoyed by the dark pattern designs used by Microsoft, but Google will remember things that you about yourself that you didn’t at moments when you didn’t ask for help. It’s creepy because you’d rather not know that a company has that amount of data on your life.

astrea 6y ago

But Microsoft won't see as much scrutiny as any other tech giant because they are so deeply ingrained in the government's world.

berkes 6y ago
And when they are scrutinized, that most probably puts the scrutinizers themselves in a difficult position. The report in which the organization explains why Microsofts products are privacy invading, monopolized or otherwise breaching some law or regulation, that report itself is most probably written on those Microsoft products.