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> No one “loves” Teams, but honestly it serves its purpose for us at no cost. Of course there's a cost, its just hidden and you are forced to pay it. Microsoft
by ta1243 2y ago
> No one “loves” Teams, but honestly it serves its purpose for us at no cost.
Of course there's a cost, its just hidden and you are forced to pay it. Microsoft used its monopoly position to move into a new market.
- pocketsand 2y agoYeah, sure. But the marginal cost is zero, whereas a Slack subscription for every person in our org will cost about 1 million dollars a year. And it doesn’t integrate as well with every other piece of functional but mediocre software. The person approving the $1 million dollar budget item doesn’t really care that Teams isn’t “free” in the sense that there is no free lunch, and while they perhaps have moral qualms of antitrust, that’s outside their purview. We’re locked into Office suite and right now there is no extra charge for Teams.
- ta1243 2y agoWhich is why the legal process is simply too slow for big tech Microsoft did a massively illegal thing (again) and got away with it Time to hold companies responsible for their suppliers.