Given that Microsoft currently intends to productize Windows users' data to build AI that replaces their users' jobs, it seems reasonable to cannibalize those long-term objectives...
Oh no I’d love to watch Microsoft burn, but I’m pointing out that any open sourcing abandonware is not in any businesses corporate interests. They’d sooner ‘support’ software forever by a yearly pointless update.
Let’s all not forget the ones who wouldn’t want this to happen are the same ones who hold all the power. No government will ever force this.
> Let’s all not forget the ones who wouldn’t want this to happen are the same ones who hold all the power. No government will ever force this.
I think this is an important point: it's already impossible to enforce antitrust laws because TooBigTech has the power, and when an entity big enough tries to regulate (like the EU), then the US government prevents them from doing it.
hsbauauvhabzb|1 month ago
Let’s all not forget the ones who wouldn’t want this to happen are the same ones who hold all the power. No government will ever force this.
palata|1 month ago
I think this is an important point: it's already impossible to enforce antitrust laws because TooBigTech has the power, and when an entity big enough tries to regulate (like the EU), then the US government prevents them from doing it.