Title: In the recent thread about Edge coming to Linux, some users wrote that a Microsoft controlled Chrome-based browser is preferable to over controlled by Google from a privacy point of view.<p>We know that Google collects vast amounts of data about us through all its services. No question about that.<p>But depending on which thread one reads, Microsoft may be seen as less privacy-invading than Google or, alternatively, scolded for all the ads, Cortana being creepy, them pushing everyone towards Bing, and requiring internet connectivity for playing simple games that used to come with Windows for free.<p>So which is it? Is Microsoft preferable to Google from a privacy point of view?<p>Or is Microsoft just easier to compartmentalize, because if they have your calendar and email, but not your web searches, they have less of a complete view into your life?
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