They don’t need to track your web browser when they’re owned by Microsoft, because they track every action at a lower level.
replyWeird, I don't use Windows as an OS but have linkedin. I'd believe the concern and disregard of Linkedin's concern is fair game.
replyWhat lower level? Microsoft owns internet?
replyThe operating system. For example see the Windows 11 screenshot debacle/scandal.
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replyBecause you signed up to a set of terms and conditions saying LinkedIn can use your data in this way
replyNo one likes paying taxes but they still do it. They could just not work and not have money and therefore not need to pay tax.
replyI didn't want the web to turn into monolithic platforms. I abhor this status quo.
replyYou cannot function without these enterprises, but that doesn't mean they're ideal or even ethical.
Microsoft wins because of network effects. It's impossible to compete. So I think it should be allowed to assail their monopoly here by any means. It's maximally fair for consumers and for free markets.
Ideally capitalism remains cutthroat and impossible to grow into undislodgeable titans.
Even more ideally, this would become a distributed protocol rather than a privately owned and guarded database.