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[–] i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Microsoft is a huge liability. They've forced companies and home PC users to be needlessly dependent on their cloud services to be able to do just about anything. They own the hugely popular GitHub and NPM developer platforms, and indirectly control other developer platforms through GitHub integrations. They're one of the major cloud service providers. They have a system that forces home and small business PCs all over the world to execute arbitrary code. They've been replacing their developers with incompetent AI systems. A major Apple or Google attack has the potential to break nearly all mobile devices, but a major Microsoft attack could cripple businesses everywhere.

Facebook and Palantir on the other hand could just disappear off the internet and we'd be better off.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 24 minutes ago

Glad I went Linux and moved house to the berg