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While it's not directly related, I'd argue the antiques of the dark pattern Windows 10 upgrades show a glimpse of a company culture that is yearning to have eno
by adrenalinelol 10y ago
While it's not directly related, I'd argue the antiques of the dark pattern Windows 10 upgrades show a glimpse of a company culture that is yearning to have enough monopoly power again to become anti-consumer as they were in their heyday (90s, early 2000s). If Nandella didn't view that is being wrong, then this shouldn't be a surprise either imo.
- userbinator 10y agoto have enough monopoly power again to become anti-consumer as they were in their heyday (90s, early 2000s). I'd say they weren't as anti-consumer back then as they are now. In particular, backwards compatibility was highly valued and I don't remember much in the way of forced "upgrades" or aggressive feature-removals/UI changes in the late 90s/early 2000s.
- gurkendoktor 10y agoThe way I see it, Microsoft had respect for consumers back then, but zero for its competition. Now it's the other way around - Microsoft will actually build nice apps for iOS and let you build a platform on Azure and all that, but if you use their stuff, then you better OBEY OBEY OBEY.