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Not really, or rather it very much depends on MS subdivision. Their browser and Alliance for Open Media efforts are commendable, but their gaming division with
by shmerl 7y ago
Not really, or rather it very much depends on MS subdivision. Their browser and Alliance for Open Media efforts are commendable, but their gaming division with its DirectX lock-in straight from the '90s is still as nasty as it gets. At least they dropped their obnoxious UWP push. But let them start supporting Vulkan on Xbox, then they can come back claiming they aren't that bad anymore.
Also, don't forget their other cash cows that thrive on lock-in, such as Outlook, Office, exFAT and etc. Opening up stuff there could indeed take MS out of their dark empire stigma into something positive. But that didn't happen yet.