kkarhan, 1 year ago

@black_intellect I'm not shure about :microsoft: , tho #Microsoft made the #SSD's removeable - unlike 🍎 / #Apple.

https://youtu.be/OpXizbzeRoc?t=48

Not because they like #RightToRepair but because a lot of #BigBusiness consumers want to be able to #lease & get their #tech #refurbished and require #retention or at least seperate disposal of SSDs & HDDs for #DataProtection & #ITsec reasons...

kkarhan, 1 year ago

@black_intellect

Espechally since #Hardware & #OneTimePurchase #Software ain't their core business, but rather the "razer handle" aka. gateway to their #subscription services.

Making almost no #profit on an #Xbox or #Surface device is fine, cuz those will be bought by people who then buy #Games and pay for #subscriptions to #XboxGamePass & #XboxLive or #Office365 & #Outlook + #Exchange on #Azure respectably...

kkarhan, 1 year ago

@black_intellect In fact, I'm convinced that #Microsoft's board hasn't yet axed #OneTimePurchase versions of #Windows "[#Server"] and #Office due to existing #distribution and #licensing agreements.

Otherwise they would've pulled an #Atlassian long ago and made all their products #cloud + #subscription - only...

pixelpusher220, 1 year ago

@kkarhan @black_intellect suspect if they made it sub/cloud they'd lose a lot to LibreOffice

kkarhan, 1 year ago

@pixelpusher220 @black_intellect don't underestimate the lazyness of and gullibility of mostly [#TechIlliterate] people!

Some still use #AdobeReader 10 years after PDF.js got introduced to all relevant Browsers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=158bJFTETRI

kkarhan, 1 year ago

@pixelpusher220 @black_intellect I literally met people in 2017 that claimed I could not run #Office365 on #Linux even tho I literally did just that and put them into nice containers:
https://github.com/webapp-crew