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In general this is a good decision. Google does not need to collect all that data and should provide an education package that protects the children's data. However this will probably just means that Microsoft now has a mandated monopoly for the foreseeable future.

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Yeah, I'm pretty torn up between those points. It is probably the only way to get non-Microsoft into the workflow of people, which reduces the lock-in syndrom with companies, where they use MS products because it's the one thing people know.

on the other hand it's an advertising company getting devices with their software to the kids, combined with often IT-Admins School Directors which don't understand how to create policies and implement them correctly.

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