Is Microsoft a bad company?

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Is Microsoft a bad company? - Lemmy.zip

I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?

What does “bad” means for you exactly? They are the hypocrites just like any big corporation, value only money, the reinvent wheels all the time, but their products pretty good despite being non-free, and making programs is much easier for Windows then GNU/Linux.

It would be even better if they didn’t force you to use only their products.

You value simplicity or free of choice and privacy? The “bad” definition depends on it.

I do lean to having privacy and freedom to do whatever with my tools as “good” things
Then it’s very unusual question that GNU/Linux could ask. If I may ask, what is your story with Microsoft? What was the last drop for you?

My last straw was the privacy and lack of control.

I didn’t like software being released by Microsoft telling me my choices were bad or unoptimal, I like my software, I made my choices from listening to others and forming my own opinion. I had a shift in thinking recently, I wanted to start selecting my software based on my values rather than just choosing whatever works.