Many things in the IT world have gone the same way. I remember back when "The Cloud" was the next big thing. I wondered why it was better to store your data on someone else's disk rather than your own but the answer soon materialised.
First it was just disk space with things like OneDrive and iCloud etc. Then they expanded the idea.
GMAIL was one such idea. It is convenient but it also gives Google access to everyone's emails. Facebook was good but all those selfies would be ideal data to test out your facial recognition programs - and much else.
Then we had GitHub. Microsoft has already added helpful prompts to its development environments no doubt based on GitHub contents. They analyse everyone's code and spot the commmon factors. They can see which commands typically follow others etc.
Remember, if it is free then you are the product. They are getting their money's worth somehow.
Many things in the IT world have gone the same way. I remember back when "The Cloud" was the next big thing. I wondered why it was better to store your data on someone else's disk rather than your own but the answer soon materialised.
First it was just disk space with things like OneDrive and iCloud etc. Then they expanded the idea.
GMAIL was one such idea. It is convenient but it also gives Google access to everyone's emails. Facebook was good but all those selfies would be ideal data to test out your facial recognition programs - and much else.
Then we had GitHub. Microsoft has already added helpful prompts to its development environments no doubt based on GitHub contents. They analyse everyone's code and spot the commmon factors. They can see which commands typically follow others etc.
Remember, if it is free then you are the product. They are getting their money's worth somehow.