lanigerous@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThat time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unitwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareselokichtlilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoThey all find their way to shit when profit, not user satisfaction, is the ultimate goal. In the end, we are talking Microsoft here, we already know them.
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoWell, at least when you used to buy windows you were the user and the customer. With Google you’re just the product.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoNow you’re the user, customer, and the product all at once on Windows!
minus-squareselokichtlilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s hard to avoid being their “customer” here. It feels more like the taxpayer experience.
They all find their way to shit when profit, not user satisfaction, is the ultimate goal. In the end, we are talking Microsoft here, we already know them.
Well, at least when you used to buy windows you were the user and the customer.
With Google you’re just the product.
Now you’re the user, customer, and the product all at once on Windows!
It’s hard to avoid being their “customer” here. It feels more like the taxpayer experience.