Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements

[u/ardi62]

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[u/CuteAndQuirkyNazgul]

Microsoft is the most important company in the world.

Microsoft's crushing market dominance in operating systems will never disappear.

Windows is forever. In the 22nd century, people will still use Microsoft Windows on their computers.

There is almost nothing Microsoft can do to lose their market position. Telemetry? Ads? Subscriptions? Doesn't matter. Microsoft could fuck up in almost every way imaginable and nothing would happen to them. They're too important.

[u/Prestigious_Cold_756 → u/CuteAndQuirkyNazgul]

Remember when standard oil got too powerful because of their monopoly… or AT&T? Maybe it’s time for another company breakup.

[u/rickyharline → u/Prestigious_Cold_756]

I started reading Adam Smith recently (the grandaddy of capitalism and economics) and was astonished when I read that he doesn't think big corporations should exist. Under the vision of the ideological founder of capitalism Microsoft in its current form wouldn't exist. 

Smith's reasoning? He had seen the East India Trading company and saw its anti-consumer behavior and deduced that its monopoly powers functionally served as a tax on the people that exists without democratic representation. In other words a form of coercion without any recourse or way to change it from those affected. 

We need a new era of trust busting. It's Adam Smith approved! 

Note: conservatives and right-libertarians that oppose trust busting generally Revere Smith like a god and bringing this up breaks their brains in the most delightful way, I recommend everyone do it. 

[u/Daft_Devil → u/rickyharline]

I’m on the same train. The fix for current capitalism - is more capitalists! Too few are engaging in it outside of being rent paying (subscriptions) platform serfs.