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> countries that actually try to protect their citizens rights and privacy

O.O

> Google is an advertising company

And Microsoft is trying as hard as they can to be one. Google doesn't put ads on their OS, Microsoft does on it's OS that you already paid for. Aren't they treating you as a paying product then?

> transparent

Oh, c'mon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Penn

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Which ads do MS put on their OS? There are ads in some apps on Windows 8. Is that what you mean?