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Microsoft drew a profit of $27.2 billion in the last quarter of FY25, driven by demand for the cloud and AI. Overall, it recorded profits of over a hundred billion dollars in the entire fiscal year.

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

malice is a kind of incompetence. and yeah, I think their lack of forethought regarding the future of their business is fundamentally stupid. you would too if you had half a brain.

you're too quick to assume it's some kind of intentional effort to assassinate their userbase - when as usual it's cut corners and profit seeking, because the engineers haven't been in charge for a long time, and the bean counters are stupid enough to think they can run a manufacturer better than the slide-rulers when the stakes are literally sky high.

should they be held accountable for their stupidity? of course.

I didn't bring crayons so I can't simplify it further. vaya con disco.