So we boycott their products out of solidarity with fellow tech workers, right?
What trash products of theirs have you been buying?
I honestly couldn’t name a single one outside of windows, and that’s a pretty big dumpster fire
Microsoft has a portfolio of day-to-day tools developers could boycott by moving to alternatives: GitHub, Sponsors, Copilot, Codespaces, VS Code, Teams, Office 365, Azure. npm as well, but that’s going to be a difficult one to avoid. And this isn’t including Windows the OS (as mentioned), game consoles, Android apps, etc. from one’s personal life. And remember ‘free’ services in a for-profit context means you are the product or your vendor lock-in choice will make it not free in the future.
This confirms every worst stereotype of bosses and management
Sting concert
looks like he's playing strings too
if you love somebody...set them free
As long as this is what the shareholders want, I don't see any issue with it. The strange part is why would Sting want to do this? $500K wouldn't move the needle for him in any material way. Why risk your legacy for chump change (relatively speaking of course)?