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Microsoft under threat of nationalization or asset seizure by Russia (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why do you think Microsoft not investing in a place would hurt people there?

The company has a history of monopolistic anti-consumer practices (as decided by the US supreme court in 2001 and by the european commission in 2004, and they're facing another complaint now), anti-worker cartel behaviour (settled charges in 2010, more charges in 2013, and a lawsuit in 2015 was dropped because of timing), and directly attacking public interest technology like open source (a small selection of examples).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Those monopolistic practices have created a software ecosystem that's dominated by their OS. They aren't the only solution anymore, but they are still the largest.