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"Microslop" trends in backlash to Microsoft's AI obsession (www.windowscentral.com)
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella penned an AI-heavy blog post to close out 2025, leading to widespread mockery and a brand new moniker for the big M.

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[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Share price and profit are two very different beasts and only really have a loose connection to one another. Plenty of companies lose money left and right but still have high share prices.

The share price is just what the stock market feels a company is worth. It's almost 100% vibe-based.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what your point is, the investors care about the stock price because that's their money in/money out. Lower profit could be fine if they're, say, investing 150Bn/yr into a new venture that stands to be profitable in the future (may even drive the stock price up). It's vibes based to a degree, quite a bit of analysis goes into a company's performance as well.

FWIW their gross profit is also up more than 3x in the same time frame.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He’s generating profit, that’s all that matters to the shareholders.

Is he?

Have a look at the MSFT share price

My only point is that share price and profit are not necessarily correlated, people mix them up all the time, so I try to correct that when I see it. I'm not disagreeing with your overall point - I would agree that most investors only care about the share price.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I should've been more clear in my original post - I was trying to convey why investors would like him and just ignored the profit bit.