> MS are exceptionally supportive of developers in my experience, and this feels like part of that That's a reasoning that does not justify the act. "We are fr

> MS are exceptionally supportive of developers in my experience, and this feels like part of that That's a reasoning that does not justify the act. "We are friendly to developers" should not translate to "Users, you don't get to control your own computers (as much)". > how about employers trusting their employees anyway? Wut? That is a terrible argument, it does nothing to contribute to the discussion – which is about a recent Microsoft act, policy, and behaviour, and instead tries to swerve the discussion away from it into unrelated, unagreeable sociological and human-resource-management points. > is much less than what other platform holders have done in this respect too Doesn't excuse Microsoft > Apple being foremost amongst the worst in this category - and yet still receiving fanboy support Are they receiving support for a similar action. Support for an unrelated action is inadmissible here, because a corporation can be condemned for one thing and praised for another. Plus, is it the same people doing both the Apple-praising and the MS-bashing?