This is a very valid criticism of my post and many that group "opinions" as if they come from a single source.
Here, the top-voted comment is OK with Apple software phoning home, but there's no evidence they are not equally OK with Microsoft software phoning home, so I'm contrasting this popular opinion with another popular opinion elsewhere.
Here's one example from a different user, where Microsoft is described as "the big daddy of spyware."
Here, the top-voted comment is OK with Apple software phoning home, but there's no evidence they are not equally OK with Microsoft software phoning home, so I'm contrasting this popular opinion with another popular opinion elsewhere.
Here's one example from a different user, where Microsoft is described as "the big daddy of spyware."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22246187
See also this sibling top-level comment from today:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44256951