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Originally Posted by Pdaholic
I guess if a piece of software is doing harmful things like giving out personal info, I would want it off my device ASAP. I have to admit, though, having MS do it feels a bit "big brother"-ish, and I would rather them just send me a warning and offer to have my money refunded. I never liked the idea of an "App Store," and I will never buy a device that demands I only use software from such a store.
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I think this M$ situation would be very similar to what Amazon did recently with Kindle, removing a bad(?) book for what sounded like a reasonable reason. You all know the backlash from the Kindle owners and the public. Final answer was: Amazon CEO apologized, said it was not the right "moral" thing to do, would never do it again, people that already had the product could keep the "bad" book or return it for a refund. Basically a marketing/reputation/publicity nightmare for Amazon. I really do not see any difference with M$ jumping in my device and killing something I owned because I paid for it. License issue beda.m.ed. It's mine. It would still be a publicity disaster for M$. And would I have it backedup a number of ways? - could be.
IMHO,
Ron...
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