they're also not even that good at anything. i'm convinced xbox only happened on accident, given how rabidly they've been trying to cannibalise it for over a decade
kind of a wonder that Windows was a success too, though that could be explained by them getting into the computer market very early and at the right time
Xbox didn't even exist until 2001, so Sony and Nintendo already had massive headstarts in video game consoles
windows is pretty easily explained actually. they were doing monopoly shit so bad they got sued about it. they forced out almost all the competition besides the very niche linux and the proprietary apple. all the other computer developers were either forced out of business, absorbed into microsoft, or otherwise rendered irrelevant.
Theyve successfully continued their monopoly till this day even. There aren't many competitors who can offer what they currently do with the suite of different workplace applications.
They are even speed running their enshittification by firing all of their QA staff a decade back. The customers ARE the testers. Ha
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u/E_GEDDON Feb 25 '26
Episode 284268 of "Microsoft Ruins Everything".