db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoIs Microsoft trying to commit suicide?www.antipope.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down12
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minus-squareYurkshireLad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoNo they’re simply trying to emulate Google and Facebook by becoming data gatherers and hoarders. They’ve been jealous of how much data other companies have gathered about people, and then realized they could easily do the same.
minus-squareNutWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYup. I’ve seen this lemming-like mindset before: “But if WE don’t implement <terrible idea> then Google might implement <terrible idea> FIRST!” It doesn’t become a less-stupid idea just because some else is doing it.
No they’re simply trying to emulate Google and Facebook by becoming data gatherers and hoarders. They’ve been jealous of how much data other companies have gathered about people, and then realized they could easily do the same.
Yup. I’ve seen this lemming-like mindset before: “But if WE don’t implement <terrible idea> then Google might implement <terrible idea> FIRST!”
It doesn’t become a less-stupid idea just because some else is doing it.