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freehunter on July 30, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Wind...

If you know it's fake, why would you bother posting it or even bringing it up?

"Its awesome living in a mansion! According to this picture, this is what my mansion looks like"

"!!!EDIT: I know I don't own a mansion, but other people do and this is what it would look like if I had one."

iambitjelly on July 30, 2015 [–]

Because the windows store app ads are themselves real, so the principal point stands. There's no need to get up in arms over it.

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