• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    25 days ago

    Why? Who’s asking for this stuff, is there somebody out there who is really pleased with this news or is Microsoft really just that out of touch.

    I don’t want to have to start wearing rainbow knee-length socks, but Microsoft are pushing me towards it.

    • orioler25@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      Consumers are not the main driver of profit, speculative value is. Microsoft knows that Windows is guaranteed to be on the majority of PC’s, which means they can afford to implement hostile features that increase the speculative value on data collection and AI investment.

      • Credibly_Human@lemmy.world
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        25 days ago

        This is well said. So many people don’t get that of course these companies know you hate this shit.

        They’re just trying to boost their stock value and violate your privacy harder.

    • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today
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      25 days ago

      I don’t think MS is out of touch with what the customer wants, I think they just stopped listening.

      The fact is nobody is asking for this stuff.

      I think the hope is that they build it anyway and then people will use/want it. AI is the big buzzword of the decade, just like ‘cloud’ was the big buzzword of last decade.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      Woah woah woah, lot’s not compare fabulous knee high rainbow socks with the malware MS is putting in their OS. That’s not fair to rainbows or socks.