Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding
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After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.

Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.::After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.

  • Bob Robertson IX@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    8 months ago

    I’m guessing Microsoft acquired them to keep people from using it

    And that’s also why it was designed to need their servers to authenticate against: because they could charge Microsoft more if their product could be switched off remotely. They likely built the product with the aim of getting bought up. Who wants to run a company for 40 years when you can just skim a few million off of Microsoft and retire?