Yes, unfortunately this is what happens when you have people who are constantly critical of Microsoft based on what they know of the company from the 90s and 00s, it devalues genuine modern criticisms and makes all criticism meaningless.

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lostlogin 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> this is what happens when you have people who are constantly critical of Microsoft based on what they know of the company from the 90s and 00s

There are more than a couple of us who have Office or Teams imposed on us. There is plenty to complain about that is current and most definitely valid.

	▲	hashim 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"Software with slightly worse UX than the competing products" is not an ethical concern.

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WD-42 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Have you used a modern Microsoft OS? They are somehow worse than they were in the 90s and 00s. I don’t remember having to agree to sell my personal information in the 90s or having advertising baked into the start menu in windows xp.

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hashim 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I agree that in-OS advertising for a paid product is dumb, but a) I thankfully still use Windows 10 which doesn't have those, and b) those are ultimately UX concerns, not ethical. And no, Microsoft doesn't sell your data no matter how many in tech subscribe to that conspiracy theory.

	▲	WD-42 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Last time I installed windows 11 in a VM I had to agree to at least 3, possibly more, un-skippable Eulas that required me to agree to share my personal information. Maybe they aren’t selling it outside of MS, but MS is such a giant company if they are using it for ads I don’t see the distinction.