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If Google sells ads to me, or my personal information that I gave them down the road, then that affects me. If Microsoft uses their power to force future hardw
by knewter 15y ago
If Google sells ads to me, or my personal information that I gave them down the road, then that affects me.
If Microsoft uses their power to force future hardware to be unable to boot linux / other FOSS OSes, then that affects me WAY MORE.
So much more that I consider such actions to be on a different plane.
- SideburnsOfDoom 15y agoGoogle and Apple are both involved in OS and hardware. Their locking decisions could be comparable, i.e. on the same plane.