[bad_user]

W00t, the new Microsoft is totally not like that old Microsoft that used to fund SCO's lawsuit and spread FUD about competing open-source software and patents violations.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-b...

http://www.zdnet.com/article/310-microsoft-patents-used-in-a...

http://techrights.org/2015/10/01/microsoft-loves-linux-brain...

They indeed changed. Back in those days they weren't violating their customers' privacy.

[Aldo_MX]

What's your point? Even Ubuntu sold what you typed in Unity Search to Amazon.

By the way, the thread to discuss about Windows 10's privacy issues is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12305598

[pritambaral]

1. Ubuntu doing it doesn't excuse MS. They're completely unrelated companies, and Ubuntu doesn't represent all of the FOSS OS world. 2. Ubuntu actually listened and stopped doing it.

[jerkstate]

If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?

[wolfgke]

> If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?

Probably: https://xkcd.com/1170/

[Delmania]

I love how the EFF singles out Windows 10, but doesn't mention iOS and stock Android pretty much do the same thing.

Your tech rights articles points out IV, but fails to mention they raised money from Google. They also like to equate Linux, Android, and ChromeOS. That article is just poor. Microsoft has done, and continues to do some shitty things. Windows 10 update and privacy is a debacle. But their releases from a tech standpoint are a welcome change.

[qwertyuiop924]

Yeah, this is the kind of thing I was talking about.

OTOH, you're seriously linking techrights? They're like the Free Software version of Fox News for tech.