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Re:New Distros Coming to Bash/WSL via Windows Store by flukus on Thursday May 11, 2017 @08:34PM (#14320619)
> But seriously, do you honestly think that Microsoft is spying on your more than Google, Facebook, or Amazon?

Yes. I have much more control* over what google and facebook can spy on. MS as the platform owner has the ability to spy on everything.

*Except for on android, fuck google now in particular.

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Re:New Distros Coming to Bash/WSL via Windows Store by apardoe-MSFT on Thursday May 11, 2017 @09:38PM (#14320858)
Sure, I can accept that a platform can be doing more than a website and also that you have less control over a platform. Good points, both.

I won't comment on Android. I already got ripped to shreds above by trying to bring up the point that mobile is completely locked into two major players that act exactly like Windows 10.

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