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Sony believed that they had so much market share that they could make a console that was leaps and bounds more complicated to code for, which would lock devs in and prevent them from going elsewhere, and they’d just have to suck it up because of said market share. Sony was wrong, and they lost out big time that generation (although they did manage to win the Blu-ray vs hd-dvd format wars).

Microsoft seems to believe they have so much market share that they can force people to upgrade to a privacy invading, ai infested piece of crap, and that everyone needs to suck it up because market share.

I’ve already started hearing wind that people, in statistically significant numbers, are finding alternatives… so is this the same situation as the ps3?

Just a passing musing without much to back up the gut feelings.

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No, more people need to go to Linux or something else that’s not win or mac

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

And Microsoft might be right this time. My mid size organization for example is locked in to microsoft, we use the Office suite, AD, Teams, their ERP system, Windows servers, Windows desktops, outlook, etc.

I would love to go the Foss route but let's be real, the costs that would save would quickly be overshadowed with learning to set it all up.

Let me know if I'm wrong here, I really am open to moving over but it's a massive undertaking.

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[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Microsoft just has so many users unwilling to change, that I do not foresee that happening. Just 10% of people switching to Linux would be absolute win for me.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Windows 11 itself isn't an issue

The problem is all the junk and AI crap they shovel into it. It also doesn't help that they keep trying to sell you things.

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