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by nickpsecurity 2936 days ago
That's already been tested:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-...

They're still in business. Numbers look good. They also have advertising and telemetry on paid stuff that people would usually assume doesn't sell them out like free, ad-driven services. Windows, Office, and Xbox are valuable enough that customers will tolerate quite a lot before leaving.