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That’s wild. Are you serious? Can you point to any proof or articles about that direct reflection of the snooping? I assume your employer had to agree to their information being used for advertising/etc.

Not defending Microsoft, but isn't that the same for all companies.

For questions you may have the !linux@lemmy.ml community is very welcoming. In theory there are also !linux4noobs@programming.dev and !linux4noobs@lemmy.world which should be more targeted at new users but they seem to be quite inactive lately (won't hurt anyone here to go take a look there and try to keep them alive :-)).

YouTube is honestly the best place for tutorials. I went from being a complete Linux noob to running more Linux in the house than I can count, just by watching video on YouTube.

Start using free software now, while you are still on Windows. Whenever you want to do something new, do a search for free software you can do it with. Then when you do finally switch, all the software you've been using is already right there.

If you want to get emerged into the linux world and get broad understanding then I recommend watching videos on youtube by DistroTube. Adjacent, kinda more advanced channels are Luke Smith and Brodie Robertson.

If you just want to use linux and be done with that topic, you can use linux mint. What you have to know is that you get all software from the software center, not from websites. The rest should be very familiar.

I recommend a virtual machine on your Windows PC as a host.

Start simple, e.g. do all your web browsing in the Linux VM. Don't try to transition entirely to Linux in one go, that's too much. Once you're comfortable in the web browser, add one more piece of software.

Eventually get to the point where you're doing everything in the VM for a month or so, and then boot into it directly. Or perhaps buy a second PC and a KVM for your keyboard/mouse/monitor. Because you might find there's one thing (e.g. games) that works better on Windows.

although a good mentality, its not always correct. Also, this isn't just about "asking", it's fighting big corps/tech to be more transparent about their policies.

They do exist! :-)

Too late, it already has learned it:

Default (GPT-3.5)

User: Translate the following text into Esperanto: "I'm just going to start posting in Esperanto. Even AI won't be interested in learning Esperanto."

ChatGPT: "Mi ĵus komencos afiŝi en Esperanto. Eĉ la intelekta artifiko ne estos interesita lerni Esperanton."

Good question.

For me, there is a difference - I feel differently about a company using stuff I posted on the open web vs messages I've sent on Teams, Skype, etc., which feel like they should be more private. There is probably also a legal/privacy angle for this difference too, for this same reason (?)

Was openai ever open? Or its just a name scheme

Same thing they're doing right now: ignoring the license.

Only if nobody is around to hear it