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Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond
Microsoft has made a range of baffling decisions and awful mis-steps recently. You can trace everything back to insatiable desire for money.
Whether it's Windows Phone's death and handing Apple and Google a mobile duopoly, short-changing Xbox investment for years until it was too late, or announcing awesome-looking Surface products only to cancel them — Microsoft's biggest consistency is that it's inconsistent. Microsoft itself warned investors of " cyberattacks and security vulnerabilities that could lead to reduced revenue, increased costs, liability claims, or harm to our reputation or competitive position" in their most recent quarterly earnings. (Image credit: Future)It's perhaps a small irony that Microsoft is fighting with regulators about Google and Apple's control over mobile, while it abuses its position on Windows 11 to bully everyone into using its products on PC.
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