Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network
by mixmastamyk on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:53PM
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Once the data starts flowing, it is trivial for the "terrible decision" making manager above (endemic to such corporations) to decide to gather just "a little more."
This was a terrible decision, I agree.
> to have any motivations other than "whatever makes us the most money as possible".
Well they are a corporation. That's the end goal of any corporation.
> Implemented extremely-invasive data collection in Windows 10
This I don't agree with though. Yes, they collected data, and that is wrong. I was pissed off too. However, it was not as invasive as made it out to be. They did not track the websites we browse. They did not track who we communicate with like Google, Facebook and other such companies do. I would trust Microsoft with my data and privacy over Google and Facebook. And yet most of us use Google services without a second thought.
Another thing I dislike about Windows is the bloatware and ads in Start.
However, this does not negate their recent contributions. Is the end goal for these contributions to make more money? Absolutely. But that does not mean we should not welcome the good stuff from Microsoft just because its Microsoft.