*laughs in rich*

It’s all being dumped into data centers now. Google and Meta don’t need your face to prove who you are to create a new login, they need it to link data. What’s awful is the need to log in is so intense, it worked. Apparently YouTube aspirations are worth it. And shopping Facebook marketplace.

Now, Amazon isn’t allowing returns for many an individual without a pic or upload of government issued ID. Amazon allowed you to both pay and have an item shipped without this ID. But for a return, they now need it. I’m not saying this ask isn’t multipurpose, but it also links your data together and is probably being dumped into data centers with everything else.

My point is, it’s not just Microsoft’s choices.

Why would a company not be, not like people are going to stop using Windows

Because if a company gives up profits to be nice, another company will swoop in and get inherently rewarded by doing the profitable thing instead

go ask adam smith.

I mean, it was never going to be Microsoft

It wasn’t gonna be M$ my guy