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@kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago

FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling

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FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling

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@kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago
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Redmond’s packing of Office with security, cloud computing services under scrutiny.
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  • @cm0002@lemmy.world
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    44•5 months ago

    Microsoft? Anti-Trust bundling violations? What year is this?? 1996‽

    • @Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      7•5 months ago

      I WISH it were 1996!!!

      …please take me back to the 90s…I don’t like being old.

  • [R3D4CT3D]
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    34•5 months ago

    It’s been fun w Lina Khan @ the helm. gonna miss seeing the FTC make moves on corpos. (_*)

    • @tetris11@lemmy.world
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      6•5 months ago

      Alright I’ve been staring at it too long - what’s that emoji?

      • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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        5•5 months ago

        Two eyes, mouth, and the asterisk is a flower or sparkle or something.

        Also that’s kaomoji.

      • @subtext@lemmy.world
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        2•5 months ago

        Is it possible they didn’t escape something from markdown like an asterisk or something else?

      • @Fades@lemmy.world
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        2•5 months ago

        I feel like it has to be a wink of some sort

        • @tehfishman@lemmy.world
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          3•5 months ago

          Maybe it’s the drugs kicking in

      • @affiliate@lemmy.world
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        2•5 months ago

        to me it looks like a penguins face, viewed from the side.

  • @Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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    20•5 months ago

    I support most of what Lena Khan has done, but this is stupid. Cybersecurity features should be built into the base package of all cloud products. The fact that so many charge extra for them is and always has been bullshit. It’s like trying to sell a car but charging extra to include seat belts and air bags.

    The complaint should be that they’re selling a product that is unsafe in its base offering.

    • @MSids@lemmy.world
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      1•4 months ago

      What about having to switch from a $32/user/month license to a $52/user/month license for just one or two features out of the dozens you end up paying for?

    • @Snapz@lemmy.world
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      1•5 months ago

      Can you source whatever you are countering here?

      • @Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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        1•5 months ago

        No, because it comes from personal experience working in cybersecurity.

  • @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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    10•5 months ago

    Guess you can never be 30 years too late

  • @frostysauce@lemmy.world
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    8•5 months ago

    Jake from State Farm told me bundling was a good thing.

  • dinckel
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    3•5 months ago

    They lost it last time, and they will lose it again

  • @boaratio@lemmy.world
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    2•5 months ago

    Timely.

    • @Fades@lemmy.world
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      2•5 months ago

      Just in time for nothing to happen when trumps picks defang the FTC (who has already been defanged plenty in the past)

  • @seven_phone@lemmy.world
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    2•5 months ago

    The way my Surface Pro was packaged I can completely understand this, all the cardboard was pulled open at one side.

  • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1•5 months ago

    Bill Gates about to get extremely friendly with the Trump Administration.

    • @whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
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      7•5 months ago

      does he still have much to do with Microsoft?

      • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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        6•5 months ago

        No.

      • @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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        3•5 months ago

        He owns 1% of all Microsoft shares which are worth tens of billions.

    • @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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      2•5 months ago

      That was quick

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