>1. You made, and often make, categorical claims as if you sit on the board of MS. You don't so you believe things but don't necessarily know things about what MS do or don't do.

Show me where I stated that.

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>2. MS snoop by admission of their own privacy policies and EULA as well as by 3rd party investigation and observation.

Show me where I said Microsoft does not collect data about us?

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>3. I did not see anyone denying that Google or Apple snoop. This is an attempt to deflect the light off the MS-specific-point that someone in this thread brought up.

Neither did I. But I did see many people complain that Microsoft does, yet never complained that Google does. THAT is my point.

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>>You missed my point, which was... all I see here is griping about Microsoft snooping, yet I'm the only one complaining about Google snooping.
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>>>MS snoop as much as anyone else. That is made as clear as day in their own privacy policies and EULAs. Pointing at another snooper does not offer any defense for MS ... They could have, maybe once upon a time, taken the high road and positioned themselves as guardians of privacy but instead they joined the race to the bottom with the rest of them.