> Let's move this to a productive conversation though. What can Microsoft do, as an alternative, that doesn't result in an identical or worse situation? They c

> Let's move this to a productive conversation though. What can Microsoft do, as an alternative, that doesn't result in an identical or worse situation? They could prioritize the radical concept that the owner of the hardware also takes responsibility for the software that runs on it, and they could make efforts to inform, educate, and empower the owner, rather than wrest power away from them and from independent developers. They could copy Debian and other orgs that solved many distribution and trust problems decades ago while remaining free for both users and developers, with only volunteer resources, while MS users were still stuck with random .exe's from random websites and shrinkwrapped software as the only options. And those of us who really ought to know better could stop acting like this is some best-effort genuine desire to solve truly hard problems on behalf of users, rather than the shameless power-grab it actually is.