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A typical fanboyism argument when one's favorite company screws up. Just mention the other rivals and add zero insight into the original idea being discussed.

> In case of Android what you only need is that your application can read notifications

This "only" is much harder to do than sending a Javascript URL.

That's actually a good explanation of your point. Thanks.

Assuming Facebook is lying isn't a very good technical argument. There are other ways for them to make profit than doing the shady things you are implicitly accusing them of doing without any base.

I have a big respect for Jon Skeet, but to dismiss Jeff Dean's work because Skeet is the one who provides copy-and-paste snippets for programmers is wrong on so many levels.

Thanks for the informative post. I know you didn't make it to advertise, but do you mind sharing your product name/info? It might be interesting to people following the discussion who have a similar situation or concern.

What I meant to say is that all companies try to follow where the market is. Microsoft isn't doing that just because they are losing their leadership in the market (which the OP claimed).

I've been using Visual Studio for more than 10 years, it never required a login to work or sent any information to Microsoft without a clear permission.

Having said that, if you really feel that Visual Studio is disrespectful of your privacy, you shouldn't be compromising on that and simply not use the application. I don't understand people who whine about services while they are enjoying them for free.

It's always the same people you never hear complaining about having to create an Apple account to use their developer tools.

Xamarin session is on March 31 at 2:00PM PDT.

Could you name a single company that doesn't follow where the market is and try to monopolises it later?

Plus, Windows is still the leader in the desktop and laptop market until today. They are facing some tough competition but "not leader in given market" is not true.