Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform

aviationeast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• snooggums@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So, everything?

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  • sundray@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It feels that way. Every ongoing product MS has feels decrepit and ready to collapse.

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    • Zos_Kia@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s been a while since I used any MS product but I’ve got the same feeling with Google products. Weird bugs are starting to accumulate and at the same time they’re cramming every corner with buttons for their new AI integrations, with no explanation of how they’re supposed to work. It’s a mess, the stuff they add in doesn’t even respect the original app design so they’re really starting to look like they’re put together with toothpicks and duct tape.

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  • BillyClark@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They’re still scamming the shit out of businesses with their corporate software. Oh and they have Azure which I’m guessing makes money.

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    • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Isn’t it ironic? The only Microsoft product that makes money consistently is based on Linux.

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      • dragontology@retrofed.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Meanwhile, their biggest competitor is either Linux or UNIX. That is, if you accept that macOS “is UNIX.” It’s been UNIX certified for a couple years now, but it’s UNIX in name only. While Steve Jobs’ NeXTStep was based on UNIX, NeXTStep was also vapourware. Still, it became OS X which became the macOS we know and love (or hate) today. But the truth is, it’s UNIX 3 certified, which is a decades-old certification, and it only just barely makes that. So it’s a thing Mac users brag about. “A UNIX system! I know this!” Jurassic Park meme. And then of course there’s Linux. And of course Windows has the Linux subsystem. Still, non-*nix is going the way of the dodo, just like Win9x did when Microsoft realised WinNT was the future. First with the tranwreck that was WinME, but much more importantly with WinXP. And NT was good, but its time is up (or will be soon).

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    • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Azure is by far their biggest money maker if I recall

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      • Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Which is funny, because they keep shooting it in the foot.

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• Xorg_Broke_Again@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m so happy that in the recent years Linux made leaps and bounds in terms of usability so now we have an alternative that actually works well, especially since Microsoft just stopped caring about desktop Windows users.

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• mephiska@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They can’t even make money with their AI, they only survive off the windows OEM licenses, Office 365 subs that businesses are locked into and their backend server and sql stuff. That’s enough to make them a walking dead for a long time.

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And eventually companies will hopefully start cancelling those subscriptions to move to Open Office or Libre Office.

    France is already starting that push by having government departments transition first, and are projected to save millions of euros in licensing fees each year. Once you get a critical mass of users on libre software, it’ll hopefully spread on its own

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• lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So, also AI?

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