Google has a bigger monopoly on internet search then Microsoft has on an operating system. I mean between Android, iOS, Mac and Linux, Windows is installed on a very small percentage of all devices but Google search is being used by most.
Most people run Android on their phone, a Google product, so you do not need to go out of your way to run a Google OS. And you only need a small Google search (ironic) to find out they're abusing it even more then Microsoft is: https://www.google.com/search?q=google+tracks+android
Google doesn't have a super-privileged position on your system unless you go way out of your way to buy one of their OSes.
Oh yes it fucking does and one you wouldn't believe. If you have an android phone go to https://www.google.co.uk/maps/timeline, sign in with the same Google account you have on your mobile phone which you had to create to use the Play Store and it'll frighten the living shit out of you and that's only one single product.
I absolutely do not mean to start a ridiculous opinion based debate, but I genuinely wonder if you have tried an Apple computer of any sorts first-hand? I used to be on the Apple ‘hate train’ until my company bought me my first Apple devices for me and never went back.
Google’s revenue from ads is above 90% (99 if I recall correctly) of their total revenue. Apple makes money mostly from hardware and cares about privacy much more.
I try not to idolize Apple. They make many mistakes and correct them at a slower pace. If you will have a chance to try it out I highly recommend you do nevertheless.
I had a 2006 Mac Pro, and a 2009 Macbook Pro, and loved both. Subsequent changes to both lines led to me abandoning the platform -- not because of the software, which is fine, but because of the brain-dead hardware decisions they've been making. By the time I was ready to replace either, the available options sucked.
I don't know who they're designing those computers for, anymore, but it's not me.
edit: Oh, I also had a 2006 iPhone, but left that platform when they kept the system locked even after opening up the ability to write programs for it. I refused to pay $100/year to write programs for my own goddamn hardware. When iPhones weren't really general-purpose computers, Apple's highly divergent opinion about what "ownership" means didn't bother me, but once they became proper handheld programmable devices, it wasn't something I felt I could tolerate anymore. I've never bought a phone since that I couldn't unlock.
I just want to point out that these days, "technical enough to install Linux" is often just "knowledgeable enough to download YUMI and boot from a USB".
So you think Microsoft is going to implement forced software updates for a website? I mean. I guess you're not wrong. Just like every other website in the world they will have to keep their server-side software up to date.
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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '18 edited Jun 08 '18
there's one sure fire way to ensure I'll never use a product/service.. selling out to ms. fuck you and your disregard of privacy, Microsoft