The 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 nic

The 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.