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Re:Microsoft apparently removing ‘Offline Accounts’ for inte... by ptx on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:26AM (#22396140)
The difference is that in one case the developer is adding something purely because they think it might benefit the user, and in the other case the developer is being paid by a third party to do something to the user that they wouldn't otherwise have done.
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Re:Microsoft apparently removing ‘Offline Accounts’ for inte... by jevgeni on Sunday February 23, 2020 @06:37AM (#22396378)
How is that different from any OEM bundling then?

And also, how would a link to the store track and analyse you?

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Re:Microsoft apparently removing ‘Offline Accounts’ for inte... by ptx on Sunday February 23, 2020 @11:28AM (#22397683)
I guess it isn't really any different from OEM bundling, other than that you now have two links in the supply chain (both Microsoft and the OEM) being paid by third parties for adulterating the product.

(I didn't say anything about tracking, but there's plenty of that in Windows already. There are settings, enabled by default, to let Microsoft track every application you launch and every website you visit.)

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Re:Microsoft apparently removing ‘Offline Accounts’ for inte... by pjmlp on Sunday February 23, 2020 @06:43AM (#22396397)
Windows stuff is not stored in ROM.
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