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@jorjitop This brings up an interesting issue. All large companies use and abuse their customers. Government has failed to regulate them (especially republicans) and now in a global economy, couldn't if they wanted to. But we now have a choice between a company that steals our data and another that steals our money. Google as of this point has not grossly abused the fact it has our data...Microsoft on the other hand has a long history of taking money we don't have...selling bad or feature poor products, then charging for the fix; giving small business solutions away only to extort them on licensing later, and using their clout to subdue competition. I'm a big fan of Linux, but I also realize that a company like Google and Apple have to back it for the less profitable and open source side to stay competitive. Open or not, without Google OS's like Ubuntu and Mint, would not exist as they are now.
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