MS Github caught using tracker pixels

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[43]: http://techrights.org/2017/02/27/microsoft-novell-v2-via-azure
[44]: https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
[45]: https://ilyaigpetrov.medium.com/github-shadowbans-anti-censorship-coder-account-for-a-link-to-the-christchurch-shootings-video-c79a80b408a9
[46]: https://fosstodon.org/@yyp/105882180892863653
[47]: https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you
# Direct practical problems with using Microsoft Github
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1. Free software projects that rely on non-free software
"[put everyone at the whim of the groups and individuals who produce the tools they depend on][8],"
and it puts free software developers in a position of hypocrisy.
1. Github [caught][46] sending at tracking pixel to users while
simultaneously [claiming][47] to have removed cookie banners
because they "*want to protect developer privacy*".
## Ethical problems with using Microsoft products and services