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They do not. What they do care about is making it less profitable for their competitors, by attacking in spaces they no longer compete. They lost the phone bu
by usernew 3y ago
They do not. What they do care about is making it less profitable for their competitors, by attacking in spaces they no longer compete.
They lost the phone business, they've just now pulled out of making mice and keyboards. Their MS Surface line is not something people buy - it's something companies buy, with a support contract. Since their consumer hardware business is gone, they now can at least use that to hurt companies that still have a consumer hardware business.
But for selfish reasons and anti-competitive self-interest, they are doing something good for us against a greater evil. It's pretty much the DePanties/Disney thing where we cheer for a large evil corporation.
- kenjackson 3y agoThis is the case for almost all companies. When something is in their best interest, but that interest aligned with yours then the company is good. See Google. Do no evil was easy for them when their business model made that look easy. Once privacy became a big deal then they became evil. But really its just interests we’re no longer aligned.
- usernew 3y agoOh of course, and there's nothing wrong with that. What is wrong is articles spinning anti-competitive scammy behavior, as "Microsoft is good now."