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'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular (www.techradar.com)
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[–] Anivia@feddit.org 70 points 5 days ago (4 children)

How can you fumble a quasi-monopoly on desktop operating systems this hard

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 55 points 5 days ago

By changing from a company that produces a product for consumers to a company that produces stock value for share holders.

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Remember this is the same company that had a huge lead and monopoly in the mobile OS market and they fucked that up royally.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When was that? I only remember Palm having a lead, and then Blackberry, and then iOS and Android. Windows CE and Windows Mobile were never more than also-rans.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Windows Mobile was the most popular mobile OS in the US during mid 00s. But it was all downhill from there

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Would you happen to have a source for that? Admittedly this is based on nothing more than my anecdotal experience living through it, but I owned a PocketPC back then and I distinctly remember feeling like I was in the minority compared to Palm or Blackberry.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

MS doesn't care about home users, hasn't in a long, long time. Notice how they quit fighting piracy ages ago? The money is in commercial use.

If you're running a Windows ecosystem, you can fine tune every aspect. If MS takes any of that tuning away, such as forcing AI, they risk killing the cash cow.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

Because you think you have a full monopoly and everyone has no option but to put up with it.