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Comment by smileson2 | Hacker News Reader

Face the facts your dad isn't as important as KPIs tied to one drive and 365 subscription numbers, don't blame the PM for making Microsoft money lol

It's not even something you have to "fix" just pay and enjoy

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It seems that after the 90s/00s MS hate, there was a period where MS was seen as the good guys, and "this isn't the same MS" etc. Seems to be turning around again.

I never got the "this isn't the same Microsoft" talk. Usually used to shut down anyone's complaints about bad or deceptive behaviour. Not the same Microsoft, so this time must be a mistake!

Except they were still claiming to love Linux whilst paying off government officials to hurt adoption amongst other deceptive behaviour.

> there was a period where MS was seen as the good guys

Some people are really naive.

There was a period when they were as hostile to Linux and non-Windows as a competitor would naturally be, but they were not hostile to users.

Try Windows 98/2K in a VM and see how peaceful the Windows experience used to be.

They're not so hostile to Linux anymore because their business no longer depends do much on selling OSes but services.

However they still want you to use windows because it makes it easier to sell their services. Windows has become a marketing vehicle which is why it now demands we create a Microsoft account and constantly pushes things like OneDrive as the article alludes to.

I don't think they were ever any more benign. It was always a pretty hardcore business. First software then services (and now they're hell-bent on becoming the biggest AI player, not very successfully so because they're really only a reseller of watered-down OpenAI services)

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