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Leave it to Microsoft to be openly user-hostile in every way possible, knowing perfectly well that it won't hurt their market share one bit. I have no idea why
by lpcvoid 5y ago
Leave it to Microsoft to be openly user-hostile in every way possible, knowing perfectly well that it won't hurt their market share one bit. I have no idea why people think this is a different Microsoft now than it was under Ballmer.
- walrus01 5y agoslightly less sweaty coked up ballmers on stage chanting DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
- _arvin 5y agoGuy is an embarrassment to the NBA and fans all across the world also. He just flat out sucks. Objectively. Money is all he has.
- AlexandrB 5y ago> Money is all he has Luckily for him, in a capitalism "meritocracy" that's all that matters.
- _arvin 5y agoHopefully not for long. Change usually happens when our hands are forced
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- smoldesu 5y agoSo we slap Microsoft's hand for trying to make people use their (free) browser, and let Apple continue to print money by monopolizing software and content distribution on their hardware? I think we just need more stringent consumer protections in general, but there's a slim chance of that happening when you're as much of a CIA/FBI lapdog as Apple.
- recursive 5y agoWhat's a better metric to be judged on than merit?
- AlexandrB 5y agoIt's not that merit is bad. It's that money is often used as a proxy for merit. If you have lots of money a common default assumption is that you earned that money through merit of some kind. So you have phrases like: "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?"
- recursive 5y agoSounds like a tension between what is and what should be. As it stands now, it seems like there are ways other to make lots of money other than merit. Is that an argument against meritocracy? It sounds like it's the opposite to me.
- brnt 5y agoThe loudest proponents of meritocracy tend to be the ones that have none but simply wish to use their capital for their private lackey class unimpeded. It's a bit of a dog whistle.
- JohnFen 5y agoMoney != merit
- recursive 5y agoYes. Money seems like a distinctly worse metric.
- woah 5y agoImagine if it was communism and we had to bow to a statue of the Great Ballmer every morning
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- rand846633 5y agoThey went back from “extinguish” to “embrace&extend” so it felt a bit difference for a while.
- skohan 5y agoYeah it seems like they just waited for a new generation of consumers to grow up without knowing it is a trap. That plus waiting for the regulatory environment to give up on anti-trust almost entirely.
- fartcannon 5y agoPlus a lot of PR.
- mywittyname 5y ago> knowing perfectly well that it won't hurt their market share one bit Short-term, maybe not. Long-term...well, there's a reason everyone wants a Macbook anymore.