>>>>>http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/05/14/1516247/microsoft-reads-your-skype-chat-messages
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>>>>>Google translation of original German article: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FVorsicht-beim-Skypen-Microsoft-liest-mit-1857620.html
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>>>>Something similar is why Microsoft brought up the Metro UI first in Win8. All normal user metro apps go through Microsoft. Tracking. Data mining.
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>>>Yes, but not exactly all. You can publish a Metro app inside a business network without going through Microsoft. That was one of our first questions we had (because most of our clients would need a customized solution which would not make sense to be distributed over an open network) and we could confirm that this is possible and Microsoft created the environment for this. Better than Apple store.
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>>Only on Win8 Pro or Enterprise, and the process is non-trivial.
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>True, but nevertheless we were kind of relieved to have this option available. Something we really did not like on the Apple store. I mean, it's at least something!

MS could decree a change to that policy so that would no longer be possible, or would cost a lot of money. Suppose you've made a large investment based on the earlier policy - what then?

In some ways a "bait and switch" scenario like that is worse than knowing up front that it can't be done ( e.g. Apple ).