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That’s great but there’s nothing benevolent in their intentions. I don’t mean that as a slight, they’re the same as any other corporation - driven by profit and
by Synaesthesia 7y ago
That’s great but there’s nothing benevolent in their intentions. I don’t mean that as a slight, they’re the same as any other corporation - driven by profit and growth, not benevolence.
- Gibbon1 7y agoThe difference is Microsoft sells and licenses products to help customers with real needs. Google's customers are all about dark marketing.
- robocat 7y agoWindows Home is to Microsoft, as Chrome is to Google. Microsoft hasn't charged consumers for upgrades to Windows for years - and surely that is because they expect to profit from advertising. The same can pretty much be said for Windows Pro and small businesses. Why is there no subscription to Windows? Why can't I pay to get 3 more years of security fixes for Windows 7 however an enterprise can?
- rickycook 7y agoadvertising yes, but also why they are kind of lax on piracy: the real money is in corporate, so you have to keep people using your ecosystem at home so that’s what they want to use at work