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Re:With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Pri... by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @01:10PM (#12306308)
The new Microsoft picked up a lot of habits from Google and other newer companies.

1. Open sourcing crud.

2. Taking away your rights and violating your privacy.

We need to communicate clearly to Microsoft what types of new behavior are good, and what types of new behavior are bad. It's just like raising a child. :)

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Re:With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Pri... by curt15 on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @04:00PM (#12307905)
It's probably no coincidence that they pulled out of the EU investigations of Google after starting it. They probably see the financial upside in becoming more like Google.
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Re:With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Pri... by ocdtrekkie on Thursday August 18, 2016 @12:42AM (#12310458)
Realistically, it was practical to get the goodwill of saying they were stepping out, because all the cases were far enough along. The EU's going to pursue it with or without Microsoft's present interest. So they get better PR by saying "oh, yeah, we're no longer doing this".

Basically, Mission Accomplished for Microsoft.

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