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This move puzzles me
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 05:17 AM EDT
Google should offer to help them for just,,,, oh I don't know... perhaps 8-15
dollars per device.

Then they could give the money back to the Android Partners who were subject to
the Android patent extortion racket Microsoft has going.

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"...lost their focus on technology..."
Authored by: albert on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 12:08 PM EDT
That's a good one!

I don't think MS has ever focused on technology...

but it's certainly possible that they 'think' they're a tech company.

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Microsoft's plan: A possible explanation
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 16 2013 @ 12:28 PM EDT
I warn you, it's dastardly.

Given:
- Microsoft's Youtube app has the following effects:
-- It removes Google's ads
-- It allows people to watch film clips on devices that Youtube does not allow
them to be watched on
-- It allows recording of clips that Youtube does not allow recorded

- The above are all things that:
-- Google must take immediate action to prevent, or face big trouble from
content providers.
-- Most customers would be happy to have.

I therefore conclude that Microsoft's plan is to make Google look like the bad
guys. (Google has no choice but to take immediate legal action). I expect, in
the near future:

- A number of articles, describing how Google are selling out the customer for
the content provider
- Claims that Microsoft is more aligned with customer interests than Google
- A relatively quick replacement of the Windows Phone Youtube app with a
purposefully buggy replacement (which may well have been written already), with
the claim that the bugs are due to Googles' advertising API

--------------

In short; I think that this is a ploy to both ruin Google's good name and polish
Microsoft's brand.

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