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Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2024
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Damn, thats some google level behavior.
What the fuck, MIcrosoft.
No, it's standard corp level behavior that's beholden to government censorship and propaganda when it doesn't fit the narrative. You can substitute any big tech company in the US for Google. They all do this. It's why the government is not a fan of TikTok, they don't have that same level of control over the flow of information.
that and it is quite literally spyware that sends all the consumer data to the CCP where they can adjust their own algorithms to show things that can sway the minds of people too young to think critically
So are Facebook and Instagram, which are apparently not a problem. Remember Cambridge Analytica?
Every social media platform does this for maximum retention
What's the CCP gonna do with it that's worse than what Western companies do with it?
The hell do you think the data from American companies goes‽ Snowden literally told us the US govt is doing the same thing...not saying they should, just asking where is the outrage that we're being spied on by our own government.... It's plenty there when we're being spied on by China... And quite frankly I feel like China can do a lot less to me than home can.
Ironic. You're literally commenting on companies adjusting their algorithm to create a narrative and censor something your government doesn't like.
Think critically next time. You're not smart as you think you are.
Yeah what are people going to do when Google starts banning accounts for using ad blockers?
That's probably when I'll finish de-Googling entirely.
All of these are a shit stain from the same asshole of corporate USA
Ok, honest question. Are you surprised?
If it was any other company I would be. But it's Microsoft.
Yes.
I'm no microsoft fanboy, but I am shocked that they would do this. Everyone should be shocked. To be anything but shocked is to be complacent.
This is the kind of shit google does on the regular, Never heard of Microsoft doing anything like this before.
And as I've said in response to instances of google doing this, I'll say it again here. This continues to highlight the dangers of having all your eggs in one companies basket, by choosing comfort and convenience you've given your entire digital life over to a company that has no compunctions against metaphorically guillotining it for any reason they want.
I agree. Which is why I don't use anything Microsoft. Even in software projects I go out of my way to not use a single Microsoft dependency or library.
I self-host my own photo auto-upload with Nextcloud. I don't use Windows. I'm forced to use MS stuff at my work but I managed to get the company-wide policy changed to allow anyone to use Linux or Mac, so I'm running Ubuntu.
I've also been working up the effort to ditch stock Android and go with GrapheneOS.