Microsoft called out for anti-Google merch

Mugs, t-shirts and hats bearing Google Chrome logos and assertions that the search company steals users’ data may be doing Microsoft more harm than good.

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Wired has similar issue with it, calling the move “pathetic”:

It also seems half-hearted. The Scroogled products are definitely an official Microsoft offering, but they’re not featured prominently anywhere else on the website. In fact, I couldn’t even find a way to find the Scroogled section without plugging in the URL to access it directly. That, in a way, makes it even more disagreeable–an insult muttered instead of shouted.

Indications are that this campaign doesn’t have company-wide buy-in:

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