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    [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    I can’t say if telemetry is different between packages but at least on Windows there’s no reason to collect as much as Google because they collect it at the OS level

    That gives potential for them collecting less on other platforms

    [–] shy_mia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    It's the exact opposite imo. I'd imagine that doesn't really make a difference considering Edge is cross platform, and their goal is to collect as much data as possible.
    Plus, they just collect different kinds of info through Windows. So Windows + Edge is even worse, especially since it integrates just as deeply into Windows as IE did years back.

    [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Plus, they just collect different kinds of info through Windows

    It’s a waste of resources

    All network requests already go through so many layers in Windows

    [–] shy_mia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Bold of you to assume that Microsoft cares about resources. Have you seen how much RAM Windows 11 uses at idle? (not including cached data)

    The whole OS is a waste of resources.

    [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Their resources not yours

    [–] shy_mia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

    Our resources
    queue USSR anthem

    [–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

    It’s a waste of resources

    That's basically the whole OS at this point, no?