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I was just musing about what makes a tech company more likeable.

Personally, I made money for years using Microsoft products, find Amazon quite useful (living in small towns) and just see Google as irritating. But then, if the internet were reduced to USENET, email, and maybe a curated list of serious websites like online banking, I'd be fine with it, and probably better off in some ways.

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> Personally, I made money for years using Microsoft products, find Amazon quite useful (living in small towns) and just see Google as irritating. But then, if the internet were reduced to USENET, email, and maybe a curated list of serious websites like online banking, I'd be fine with it, and probably better off in some ways.

You're not alone in this thinking. The vast bulk of the Web is of marginal benefit, or harmful, and I think in the end it's going to contribute to taking us (humanity) to a very, very bad place.

> I made money for years using Microsoft products

My too, but that doesn't mean that Microsoft products are appropriate or desirable for me for personal use.

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