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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What use is it if it its not backup?

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's fed to an ai. Supposedly so you can ask it "what's this product and where can I buy it fast" instead of using your fingers like a normal person.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Exactly. You know how people are suspicious that they were talking about something and later see ads for it? Microsoft will now capture all your inputs to build an ad profile. "It doesn't leave your computer," yeah your computer just makes hyper-specific requests for ads.