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I'd like to huff and puff about this, but Microsoft are catering to the corporate customer because that's where the money is. Windows is essentially free to th
by BLKNSLVR 5y ago
I'd like to huff and puff about this, but Microsoft are catering to the corporate customer because that's where the money is. Windows is essentially free to the home user, so might as well monetize using alternate sources.
I think this pisses me off much less than it otherwise would because I excised Microsoft from my dependence stack a few years back. I almost like these revelations because it's further justification of my decision; I was right.
- codeflo 5y ago> essentially free to the home user There’s a world of difference between “free” and “priced in”. And anyone who builds their own PCs would disagree with this anyway.
- tester34 5y ago>builds I don't think people who build their PCs must pay for Windows, I weren't forced. But probably laptop market sucks.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoOn the other hand, with a 2.5 trillion dollar market cap, Microsoft is the most valuable company in the world. I can't imagine that these reputation destructive actions add much to the company's bottom line. More likely some middle manager is adding "value" to their little fiefdom inside the company at the expense of the reputation of the company as a whole.
- pishpash 5y agoOne blink and MSFT is on top of the world again?
- dend 5y agoHere’s the thing though - even if you are running a Pro or Enterprise SKU, you still are forced to not have this functionality unless you enroll the machine into MDM. Even if you paid you’re not getting the right experience.