• yesman@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I saw in a recent Youtube video that between web services and AI, Windows licencing is only about 10% of Microslop’s business.

    IDK if that number is true, but it sure would explain how much they’ve put into user experience. Does anyone use Windows because they like it?

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      11 days ago

      I saw in a recent Youtube video that between web services and AI, Windows licencing is only about 10% of Microslop’s business.

      That’s correct. Here’s some data on Microsoft’s revenue:

      40%     Server Products and Cloud Services
      22%     Office Products and Cloud Services
      10%     Windows
       9%     Gaming
       7%     LinkedIn
       5%     Search and News Advertising
      

      IDK if that number is true, but it sure would explain how much they’ve put into user experience.

      It does but it’s really short-sighted from MS’s part. Sure, Windows might be only 10% of its business, but the other 90% heavily rely on it. Or rather on Windows being a monopoly on desktop OSes; without that people Windows servers, Office and MS “cloud services” (basically: we shit on your computer so much you need to use ours) wouldn’t see the light of the day.

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      11 days ago

      none of the other popular desktop operating systems cost money at all. I don’t know why Microsoft is doing half of the things that it does