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Well let’s not forget the importance of being able to sue. You use free software without warranty there is nobody to sue.

yencabulator 3y ago
Good luck trying to sue Microsoft over a security vulnerability.
- mcny 3y ago
  I think it is worth mentioning here that Microsoft does not care about user privacy. I don't know if this is because Microsoft took down the blog posts and press releases or because Google web search sucks now (different conversation) but I had trouble finding the source for Microsoft statement. I'm talking about the incident when Microsoft spied into a user's hotmail email contents. > However, to determine the identity of the leaker, CNET reveals, Microsoft actually looked through the Hotmail email of a French blogger who was in contact with the leaker, and make available online early copies of Windows 7 and Windows 8, as well as means that allowed users to circumvent activations protection for Microsoft and Windows. https://bgr.com/general/microsoft-hotmail-and-outlook-privacy/ https://bgr.com/general/microsoft-hotmail-and-outlook-privac... I wouldn't give Microsoft any benefit of the doubt. While I have utmost respect for the people (who I know and) who work there, the senior leadership has always been poopy at best. I would never trust a word they say.
Capricorn2481 3y ago
"Yeah but you can sue" is not really that viable. How's that going for anybody? Not everyone can dedicate their time and savings to gambling on getting compensated. At the very least, the open source community is vigilant and quick to ostracize bad actors. Big tech companies get tax breaks to screw us over
MaxBarraclough 3y ago
You can use a commercial (paid-for) Linux distro if you really want the legal protections of being a customer, while staying with Free and Open Source software. As Capricorn2481 points out though, suing isn't really on the cards for most individual.

yencabulator 3y ago

Good luck trying to sue Microsoft over a security vulnerability.

mcny 3y ago
I think it is worth mentioning here that Microsoft does not care about user privacy. I don't know if this is because Microsoft took down the blog posts and press releases or because Google web search sucks now (different conversation) but I had trouble finding the source for Microsoft statement. I'm talking about the incident when Microsoft spied into a user's hotmail email contents. > However, to determine the identity of the leaker, CNET reveals, Microsoft actually looked through the Hotmail email of a French blogger who was in contact with the leaker, and make available online early copies of Windows 7 and Windows 8, as well as means that allowed users to circumvent activations protection for Microsoft and Windows. https://bgr.com/general/microsoft-hotmail-and-outlook-privacy/ https://bgr.com/general/microsoft-hotmail-and-outlook-privac... I wouldn't give Microsoft any benefit of the doubt. While I have utmost respect for the people (who I know and) who work there, the senior leadership has always been poopy at best. I would never trust a word they say.

Capricorn2481 3y ago

"Yeah but you can sue" is not really that viable. How's that going for anybody? Not everyone can dedicate their time and savings to gambling on getting compensated. At the very least, the open source community is vigilant and quick to ostracize bad actors. Big tech companies get tax breaks to screw us over

MaxBarraclough 3y ago

You can use a commercial (paid-for) Linux distro if you really want the legal protections of being a customer, while staying with Free and Open Source software. As Capricorn2481 points out though, suing isn't really on the cards for most individual.