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[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Microsoft didn't used to be complete shit.

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

I used to be really into their hardware and peripherals. They used to make awesome input devices.

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I remember discovering that XP had a secret hidden file that kept all your email/browser History. That was like 2002, I haven't trusted MS since then.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When? From at least XP on they were completely shit. Certainly anti consumer.

But I would easily entertain the idea that they were always crap.

Edit: bill gates pulled code out of the trash to learn from it. Then went on to try and stop others from learning code.

I could go on.

How anyone is defending microsoft is beyond me.