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Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window... by IggleSniggle on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:40AM (#22289455)
Saying "again" has zero bearing on frequency, unless you mean to suggest that every single action that MS and it's individual employees take are "shady stuff," continuously, without exception.
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Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window... by despera on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:52AM (#22289557)
Of course it does involve frequency, "again" can either mean something that's happening very often OR something that stopped happening and started again.

It's a matter of corporate strategy and has nothing to do with each worker.

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Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window... by Psyladine on Monday February 10, 2020 @10:22AM (#22289849)
>every single action

It doesn't have to suggest all actions, only re-occurring behavior. Microsoft had a well deserved reputation as a grim reaper in the tech industry.

http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepape...

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Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window... by IggleSniggle on Monday February 10, 2020 @04:28PM (#22293577)
I agree! The person I was responding to reacted to "again" as if a behavior needs to "stop" in order for it to happen "again." It doesn't. It only needs to be reoccurring.
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