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I don't understand it either. I can't fathom how none of the people working on this had the conscience to pull the emergency brakes before it's shipped? How was

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• pas 5y ago
  umm, it's not impossible that the data shows that it's "working great"
• meijer 5y ago
  Also, is there no oversight? Does nobody supervise the product managers? Maybe it should be Nadella's job to keep on top of stuff like this.
• ineedasername 5y ago
  Not even conscience but foresight to see political or even regulatory issues with something that, if implemented the wrong way, could amount to predatory lending.
  • FDSGSG 5y ago
    That is a solved problem. There's nothing new here, 'Buy now, pay later' stuff has existed for ages.
    • ineedasername 5y ago
      Sure, and some of it in the form of predatory lending financial instruments, some of which are regulated. And a company on the scale of MS entering into any new market will draw a lot of scrutiny. One in the business of lending money, even just through a tightly-integrated partnership, is going to draw even more. That's a lot to gamble on a browser initiative before Edge has the market share to throw its weight around. I'm sure MS would love-- and is hoping-- to collect rents on purchases users might make anywhere, but this seems a very clumsy attempts. Possibly driven, as others have noted, by short-term incentives by product managers rather than anything more strategic.
• tentacleuno 5y ago
  I don't understand the business model, either. If people aren't paying interest, how are they making money?