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So when DDG does it, it's awesome and ballsy. But when Microsoft does it, it's pathetic and scammy?
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No it's not. Because I WANT spam protection... I don't want ads. Just like it's fine for an electrician to enter my house to fix a power point. It is NOT okay for anyone to enter my house in order to sell me random things.
You can pay for gmail and have no ads: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6...
In general Google Apps is a great product for small-medium sized businesses. As is Office 365.
I'm not a pro product guy, I always choose the right tool for the job, but this stuff enrages me and makes me look at MS as scumbags.
I don't get why context relevant ads are bad. If I am going to see ads, I would rather they be ads that might be useful. As long as they aren't releasing my mail for all to see, and it's an automated thing... so what.
I think a lot of people on here somehow got the idea that Google is transmitting your personal information to the advertisers/clients, which is obviously nonsense.
All this does is build a rough profile of your interests and then shows you adverts relevant to those interests.
I don't like Google's potential for evil. They got a little creepy lately. However, look who's talking ... if Microsoft wants me to ever believe something they say, then they must provide me with a contract, in writing, with terms that can't be changed whenever they feel like it.
Most of the Surface reviews have spoken poorly about the device. Windows RT hasn't been well received. They've tried to revamp their entire image -- with new hardware, software, and extensive marketing -- with limited success. "Look at how cool our product is" hasn't worked for them, so they're resorting to "look at how terrible their product is." You can tell they've been trying incredibly hard to stay fresh, but nothing has really taken off for them. I've yet to see a Surface in the wild.
If you login to Outlook.com (which is extremely slow btw), you'll also find the following settings page available from the bottom right cog icon: https://data.choice.microsoft.com/mydata/UserInterests Under 'My Data' it stores Bing Searches and takes guesses as to your 'Interests'. How does it do that exactly? Operationally, how different is Outlook.com a.k.a Hotmail, compared to Google? Both are free, and nothing is…
You seem to comprehend how Google runs its business and pays for its services. Isn't it incredibly ludicrous to call it creepy?
If anyone doubts that this is anything other than a cynical PR attack do consider the source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/technology/microsoft-battl... http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-03/did-mark-pen... And are we to conclude that Microsoft doesn't provide spam/scam protection as we are led to believe that they don't scan email contents?! when they use terminology that suggests human intervention t…
There's more: http://readwrite.com/2013/01/03/googles-ftc-settlement-is-an...
One of the biggest things that makes my blood boil is when corporations invest large sums of money to force consumers to use their crappy products instead of spending that money on making less crappy products that consumers choose to buy.
Microsoft has lost it. If "scanning email" is their only concern, they're doing it too, for the purpose of "prioritizing my privacy" or whatever. I don't get it why people make a big deal out of all this. As long as private emails are not being read by real people, I doubt most people (who know what "scanning email" is) care.