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I'm with you. I hate that this is just accepted. This kind of thing is why I run linux. I'd go so far as to say this has antitrust implications. MS is using th
by rom-antics 4y ago
I'm with you. I hate that this is just accepted. This kind of thing is why I run linux.
I'd go so far as to say this has antitrust implications. MS is using their dominance in one market (operating systems) to collect market data about another market (office software). Their competitors (Google, Zoho, etc) do not have the luxury to scan most of the world's computers on a whim to see what software is installed.
- teaearlgraycold 4y agoGoogle has way more power to collect data on the software they care about than MS does
- dns_snek 4y agoGoogle is absolutely doing the same, not that that's an excuse, just an observation. Chrome has dominant market share and it's scanning your computer for "harmful" software, running processes and reporting that data to Google. chrome://settings/cleanup