BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoI just got a pop up ad from Windows, for PC gaming and buy their Xbox controller.message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareI just got a pop up ad from Windows, for PC gaming and buy their Xbox controller.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
A Windows pop up, right above the system tray. Holy fuck. I would have screen shot it but I was in disbelief.
minus-squareTransient Punk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down4·2 years agoI don’t know why people are surprised when a for-profit company prioritizes profits over their customers…
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoI was actually quite happy to pay for Windows all these years… it’s when they went “free” that this BS started. Go back to a paid model and give us vanilla windows, please!
minus-squareNikelui@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoCan’t have profit if you lose all your customers.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoCan’t make the quarterly numbers with that kind of long-term thinking.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThey won’t because they are the industry standard. That’s the problem with tech these days, there is barely any competition
minus-squareBlinkerFluid@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 years agoThey bought the ticket, but don’t want the ride for some reason.
I don’t know why people are surprised when a for-profit company prioritizes profits over their customers…
I was actually quite happy to pay for Windows all these years… it’s when they went “free” that this BS started. Go back to a paid model and give us vanilla windows, please!
Can’t have profit if you lose all your customers.
Can’t make the quarterly numbers with that kind of long-term thinking.
They won’t because they are the industry standard. That’s the problem with tech these days, there is barely any competition
They bought the ticket, but don’t want the ride for some reason.