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What I find most interesting is that Windows 10 seems to signal that MS has given up on deploying privacy as a marketing strategy. Either they have made a consc

by zmmmmm 11y ago

What I find most interesting is that Windows 10 seems to signal that MS has given up on deploying privacy as a marketing strategy. Either they have made a conscious and deliberate change of strategy (quite possible under Nadella's leadership), or the whole privacy strategy was never anything more than a temporary ruse, designed to distract people while MS went the full Google under the covers. The irony of the result is that it sounds like advertising is more insidious and pervasive in Windows 10 than it is on any operating system that Google ever shipped.

bitmapbrother 11y ago
Microsoft has been going full Google for some time just as Google has been going full Microsoft. But, Microsoft has never beaten Google in anything they've tried. If anything, all of their attempts to battle Google have resulted is spectacular failures. The lack of privacy in Windows 10 is Microsoft finally acknowledging that Windows is the only thing they have left and they're going to do whatever they can to remain competitive against Google. They're now treating Windows 10 as their trojan horse to overwhelm you with their services. Unfortunately, this is also going to backfire. Microsoft is an enterprise software company. That's where they make the majority of their money from and they should stay focused on the enterprise because the consumer market has already made their choices.
- jlgaddis 11y ago
  Perhaps that's why they're doing things like this (enabling P2P delivery of updates by default). They're not worried about what the consumers think because those who would leave Windows for another platform over decisions like this have already left. The ones remaining are going to stick with Windows no matter what, so they might as well go ahead and (attempt to) slip in whatever they want -- the consequences will be minimal.
anonbanker 11y ago
Not to hijack the thread, but is anyone else noticing all the anti (or even neutral) MS posts are being greyed?

by zmmmmm 11y ago

bitmapbrother 11y ago

Microsoft has been going full Google for some time just as Google has been going full Microsoft. But, Microsoft has never beaten Google in anything they've tried. If anything, all of their attempts to battle Google have resulted is spectacular failures. The lack of privacy in Windows 10 is Microsoft finally acknowledging that Windows is the only thing they have left and they're going to do whatever they can to remain competitive against Google. They're now treating Windows 10 as their trojan horse to overwhelm you with their services. Unfortunately, this is also going to backfire. Microsoft is an enterprise software company. That's where they make the majority of their money from and they should stay focused on the enterprise because the consumer market has already made their choices.

jlgaddis 11y ago
Perhaps that's why they're doing things like this (enabling P2P delivery of updates by default). They're not worried about what the consumers think because those who would leave Windows for another platform over decisions like this have already left. The ones remaining are going to stick with Windows no matter what, so they might as well go ahead and (attempt to) slip in whatever they want -- the consequences will be minimal.

anonbanker 11y ago

Not to hijack the thread, but is anyone else noticing all the anti (or even neutral) MS posts are being greyed?