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1. VCFundedGenYer · 1790352254 · focus · HN ↗

   It was foolish of them to think they had any consumer clout left. Shoving 1000 copies of an inaccurate, poorly functioning, and inconsistent product down everyone's throat will someday be a case study in how to immediately destroy a brand.

   1. icantevenhold · 1790357873 · focus · HN ↗

      While I would like it to be different M$ is far from destroyed. Quite the opposite from my POV it looks far stronger than 10-20 years ago.

      The reality is that most users and consumers don’t care about quality, accuracy or functionality at all.

      1. jr3592 · 1790358198 · focus · HN ↗

         "at all" is probably a stretch, but agreed that the number one factor for a mile is cost. users will accept a surprising level of trash, if the price is cheap.

         engineers tend to think as engineers do, solving all problems with features, quality improvements, etc. but those all drive costs up, and don't always provide the return we think they will.

      2. steve1977 · 1790397156 · focus · HN ↗

         I guess most users of Microsoft products are not the buyers of said products.

         When these tools are getting forced upon you in the workplace, there's often not so much you can do. I can raise the quality issues in the 1-to-1 with my manager, but it won't have any effect.

      3. Razengan · 1790397305 · focus · HN ↗

         There's a fate worse than "destruction": Becoming IBM

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