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Facebook needs to take a lesson from what has happened to Microsoft. Microsoft is making its best products ever but the reputation of Windows is so soured that
by MatthewPhillips 15y ago
Facebook needs to take a lesson from what has happened to Microsoft. Microsoft is making its best products ever but the reputation of Windows is so soured that it doesn't matter. People associate Windows with viruses and crashes. Now people use Windows because they have to, not because they want to.
Facebook is in danger of suffering the same thing. Like you, I have a lot of non-technical friends who feel uneasy about Facebook; they just don't trust it. They feel the games are scammy. They find that they can access their pictures when logged out. They use it any ways. But increasingly, they don't like it.
- ditojim 15y agosome people want to use windows. i'm not one of those people, but you see them around the intewebs.
- danssig 15y agoThey're either gamers or suffering from Stockholm syndrome.
- pestaa 15y agoI'm glad someone else thinks the same way about Microsoft I do. Its future might not be as bright as its present, though..
- r00fus 15y agoWell to be honest, what are the choices FOR Windows (this applies to Facebook as well): 1) It's ubiquitous so it's not like a statement that you like windows. 2) Main competitor is Apple/OSX which has always required a hardware upgrade/switch as the OS doesn't install on Win boxes. 3) PC manufacturers are operating on razor thin margins, so any joy you might get from the hardware is often minimal due to low quality parts... you have to be an enthusiast to have a decent experience or pay as much as the Mac users do. Microsoft is a victim of it's own success... they forgot they actually have customers (not just consumers, businesses) and became arrogant.