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Given how bad windows has become since windows 7, I’ve been wondering. Does Bill Gates still use Windows? Does he put up with the horribleness?

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The guy getting std’s from Russian girls who Warren Buffet doesn’t talk to anymore.

That Bill Gates?

Seems he might have other priorities these days?

I think Bill pretty much chilled out since he stepped down?

Yeah of course. He has nothing to do with Microsoft operations or strategy. But does he still use the products?

I couldn’t know, but generally speaking, older billionaires don’t typically interact with the world in the same way most of us do (well, those without a social media addiction anyway). The device is someone else’s problem.

He still visits Microsoft occasionally. A friend showed me a picture of him visiting Microsoft in Beijing a few months ago (he was excited about BillG visiting). So my guess is that he still has an interest in Microsoft products.

He's mostly been hanging with Epstein and asking for people to buy him STD medication due to his endless trysts

He’s still around as a part time advisor, he has to officially step back or no one would take Satya seriously, but on important stuff like AI he is a bit more active.

I just looked into this a bit because I thought he still had some kind of role at Microsoft even after leaving as CEO/chairman, but it turns out that in 2020 he left any and all positions at Microsoft as it was investigating him over inappropriate sexual relationships he had with Microsoft employees.

Before that he had a role as a technical advisor and sat on the board of directors.

I also found it interesting that Steve Ballmer owns considerably more of Microsoft than Bill Gates (4% for Steve Ballmer while Bill Gates owns less than 1%).

No im sure he uses linux or osx. Everyone uses this since windows phone was killed

If he doesn't use Windows, you won't hear about it. And if you hear that he uses Windows, it might not be true. He loses nothing by denying it. If it worked for his friendship with Epstein, it will work here.

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