Because it's Microsoft. Categorically incapable of respecting their users.
What's interesting to me is how many people went like 'Oh, Satya really gets open source, this time it will be different'.
What's interesting to me is how many people went like 'Oh, Satya really gets open source, this time it will be different'.
Just as with politics, the only way to get them to do what’s in our best interest is to make them come to the conclusion that they’ll risk losing money (or status or power) if they don’t.
What it is, is purely incompetence. Revolving door of executives forcing shit ideas because they need to assert control.
Big Tech has become a space led by lizard brained nepo babies who have nothing to contribute to the world, but think they're entitled to it all.
Did people honestly believe Microsoft is cool. I'm not so sure. The company has access to a large amount of surveillance data about computer users, it understands what it can and cannot get away with and actively manages its online reputation through whatever means necessary
Time will show the wiser