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		Spivak on July 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google collects metadata from Android phones > who didn't attempt to monetise the crap out of their users. * By using and selling user data and profiles. There's a reason people still refer to them as M$.

whoopdedo on July 1, 2016 [–]

Because they would eliminate all viable competition then jack up their prices knowing that customers were locked in. Microsoft is late to the monetization of data game.

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