On 2018-04-22 14:22, David Kastrup wrote:
Martin Tarenskeen <[email protected]> writes:
On Sun, 22 Apr 2018, David Kastrup wrote:
Martin Tarenskeen <[email protected]> writes:
Adobe, Microsoft, Avid...too many to count.
Clever indeed.
In an evil way.
Let's not forget creating and selling software is a tough
business. These companies all need to survive against the
competition
and they need to make some serious money. By selling good
products. And by being clever and/or evil. Otherwise they will die.
The fundamental difference to drug dealing being?
Good question.
Adobe, Microsoft, Avid are "clever in an evil way" but they make
products that are most of the time relatively harmless, and often
quite useful.
How would you know? Have you read the 20+ pages of the Windows 10
privacy agreement? Or do you just assume?
I thought you may have been a little hyperbolic, so I checked
Microsoft's web site for their current service agreement and privacy
statements.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement - ~16 pages
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement - ~57 pages
To be fair, the font size and margins are pretty generous, so there is
some inflation. Also, the privacy statement, when printed, includes all
of the product-specific details inline, which is the main contributing
factor in its size.
But still, that is a lot of information to crunch, even for someone who
is determined. There is virtually no hope for the average consumer out
there.
P.S. It is only my intent to provide some hard details here, not to fan
any flames. The general discussion of FLOSS vs. proprietary is
obviously an important one, though I would wonder if this mailing list
is the right venue. Of course, I am new here, so feel free to
disregard. :)
-- Aaron Hill
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