what tech company is the worst in you're opinion? pewgar_seemsimandroid ( @pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square76fedilinkarrow-up175
arrow-up175message-squarewhat tech company is the worst in you're opinion? pewgar_seemsimandroid ( @pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square76fedilink
minus-square raubarno ( @raubarno@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink12•edit-21 year agoAny company that engages in vendor lock-in, abuses copyright of creators through generative AI for profit, tracks users for profit/advertising, or censors content and people on their platform that suggest alternative platforms. Microsoft takes all 3 points. It has created a very terrible operating system that gets preinstalled on most PCs through unfair competition, makes it harder and harder to customize it, has created GitHub Copilot that infringes copyright for GPL-licensed software and adds mandatory telemetry and Microsoft account. Additionally, Constructively criticizing Microsoft products publicly is dangerous. EDIT: removed Medium link
Any company that engages in vendor lock-in, abuses copyright of creators through generative AI for profit, tracks users for profit/advertising, or censors content and people on their platform that suggest alternative platforms.
Microsoft takes all 3 points. It has created a very terrible operating system that gets preinstalled on most PCs through unfair competition, makes it harder and harder to customize it, has created GitHub Copilot that infringes copyright for GPL-licensed software and adds mandatory telemetry and Microsoft account. Additionally, Constructively criticizing Microsoft products publicly is dangerous.
EDIT: removed Medium link