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Microsoft faces antitrust scrutiny from the European Union over Teams, Office 365
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Microsoft and antitrust name a more frequent teamup
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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Yup. It's about time MS got some antitrust push back they've been getting relentless lately...
Edge is well into enshittification territory, it's gross to use. But the real monopoly practice is bing-ifying everything. They're using their OS monopoly to claw out monopolies in browsers and therefore AI search.
If they preinstalled a Firefox wrapper like the EU browser choice ballot they used to have, this would all go away in a heartbeat!
I'm dreaming, I know...
Literally had a meeting with someone yesterday who, after starting late because of trouble logging in and things crashing, started off the meeting by apologizing for using Teams but said it was just easier because it's the default. Made me chuckle.
Anyone who chooses Teams because they actually think it's better.. I just.. are we even using the same program?
It baffles me that companies the size of Microsoft can't nail UX. They have nigh-unlimited resources and just can't get software to work well in an environment that they themselves designed. I get that they will put the minimum amount of work into a product, so long as it's achieving it's goals, but companies this size have zero excuses for an app that doesn't work flawlessly.
Here's the thing - being bigger makes this much harder
Software is about vision - we learn methodologies and make all sorts of tools to enable collaboration, but one skilled and driven dev is always going to outperform a large team
It's a lot like painting murals. If you're making something big, you might want some helpers, but the painter is the guy with the vision, working on all the fine details. A few skilled people who have worked together for a long time might be able to do it together and you can make a design around the idea of collaboration, but generally you're going to get clashing styles
This is the same scam they tried to pull with Internet Explorer. They got hit with an Anti-Trust for that, you'd think they'd learn their lesson.
It’s just the cost of doing business for them, unfortunately.
They should look how much they force edge on you too.
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