From Wiki:

Thomas E. Wheeler is the current Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in November, 2013. Prior to working at the FCC, Wheeler worked as a venture capitalist and lobbyist for the cable and wireless industry, with positions including President of the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).

But, there, is, no, shortage, of, redundant, commas.

The village barber has the worst haircut in the village.

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it

Google will track which stores you visit if you turn on Google Now on your Android phone.

http://digiday.com/platforms/g...

But atleast you can install Firefox or any other native application instead of only Google being able to install native apps.

I have no idea why Slashdot seems to cheer on this DRM'ed up the wazoo "computer" that's more locked down than a Windows PC.

If you boot any other OS, you'll have to type a key combination every single time you start the system. This can get annoying quickly.

Microsoft also doesn't go after individuals for pirating Windows. That doesn't mean that those people are not committing copyright infringement by pirating Windows. It's like saying you didn't violate the law by going 1 mile above the speed limit because a cop saw you and didn't pull you over and give you a ticket.

That will make you a pirate.

Explain stories such as these then:

"Draconian DRM Revealed in Windows 7"
http://tech.slashdot.org/story...

"Microsoft to abandon Windows Phone"
http://mobile.slashdot.org/sto...

I doubt even Fox News spreads as much FUD as Slashdot does.

They should, God created the moon.

And how is that different from iOS or Android? Don't they do exactly the same if not worse? Also, you can turn off location services in Windows Phone.
Atleast they don't seem to be spying on which physical stores you visit unlike Google is. http://digiday.com/platforms/g...

Google TV, Buzz, Google+, Nexus Q, Google Wave... etc. etc.
And ads are still 90%+ of the business...

You should try a career at revisionist history.

Not so easy.
http://www.theverge.com/2011/0...

It comes with a lot of restrictions, including shipping all Google apps like maps as default apps,say goodbye to Bing at the very least, not to mention it may not be "free" since Google is known to charge for GMS. So what's the point of forking again?
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets...

Please see the relevant part that I quoted again:

So what you say, although true, is a distinction without a difference since the article isn't talking about phones that shipped with Google's authorization. Not to mention that whoever is providing the Google App store download to even authorized users is committing copyright infringement and thus subject to DMCA takedown/legal action.