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Google is evil but Microsoft owns every new monopoly: - LinkedIn, - GitHub, - OpenAI, - And the 50% monopoly that O365 is, The evil is that they can use AI

Google is evil but Microsoft owns every new monopoly: - LinkedIn, - GitHub, - OpenAI, - And the 50% monopoly that O365 is, The evil is that they can use AI to generate startups: They have both business plans and code. Imagine starting an O365 spreadsheet with Copilot and being suggested how much you should spend on ERP or HR or AWS, because so many startups fed the AI before yours. Imagine competing with startups who have this information. It’s extremely hard to avoid Microsoft products, such as Gh which is the reference over competitors. Google is evil but I’d still trust them more because they seem fairly incompetent with AI (or even ads).

onion2k 3y ago
The correct business term for a "50% monopoly" is "not a monopoly".
- alangibson 3y ago
  Monopoly, despite the plain meaning of the word, does not mean "literally one seller." It means that a seller holds a commanding position in the market. Depending on the market, 50% could be enough to lead the rest of the sellers around by the nose.
flakeoil 3y ago
You forgot Windows which is bundled with every Laptop sold even if the user does not want it. And the scary part with Microsoft is not how much share they have in each individual part, but that they have a big part of almost every field in computing. Cloud servers, cloud storage, OS, search, AI, Video conf, team chat, web browser, office tools, PC hardware, Tablets, ERP, gaming HW, gaming SW, developer tools, developer frameworks, compilers, ad network, education, IT security and the list goes on. And they cross sell and force you to use all the other crap if you already use one or two of it.
- andylynch 3y ago
  This first point is less true than it use to be; Microsoft's desktop market share has been declining for years and is driven by the corporate market, where the bundling I think is less relevant since it's mainly enterprise licences, and customers are buying hardware to run Windows apps anyway. For people buying their own laptops, Macs in particular are really strong competitors, if not dominant depending on the region.

onion2k 3y ago

The correct business term for a "50% monopoly" is "not a monopoly".

alangibson 3y ago
Monopoly, despite the plain meaning of the word, does not mean "literally one seller." It means that a seller holds a commanding position in the market. Depending on the market, 50% could be enough to lead the rest of the sellers around by the nose.

flakeoil 3y ago

You forgot Windows which is bundled with every Laptop sold even if the user does not want it. And the scary part with Microsoft is not how much share they have in each individual part, but that they have a big part of almost every field in computing. Cloud servers, cloud storage, OS, search, AI, Video conf, team chat, web browser, office tools, PC hardware, Tablets, ERP, gaming HW, gaming SW, developer tools, developer frameworks, compilers, ad network, education, IT security and the list goes on. And they cross sell and force you to use all the other crap if you already use one or two of it.

andylynch 3y ago
This first point is less true than it use to be; Microsoft's desktop market share has been declining for years and is driven by the corporate market, where the bundling I think is less relevant since it's mainly enterprise licences, and customers are buying hardware to run Windows apps anyway. For people buying their own laptops, Macs in particular are really strong competitors, if not dominant depending on the region.