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It has been a while since I've read my "ridiculous patents" mailbox. Life is too short to read all the email that finds its way there. Of all the silly software patents (well -- all software patents are silly, but some deserve prices) Securely providing advertising subsidized computer usage really scares me.
English translation: Microsoft will monitor users of their awful software in any way they can (including face recognition - yes, read the claims!) to determine if spam is being looked at with enough attention. If the user doesn't pay enough attention to the spam, they will be able to make you pay more attention by pretty much having the spam take over the computer.
I really don't understand how people can voluntarily buy software from a company that wants this kind of control over their lives. Are people becoming completely stupid or something?
Not only does their software suck in many ways (non-intuitive user interface, bug-ridden, leaky, bloaty,...) it also tries to take control over the life of the user.
No thanks. I rather like my freedom!
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