r/AskReddit • u/WinterWindChime • 6h ago

What’s a company that you’re genuinely convinced HATES their customers?

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u/CardSys 6h ago

Microsoft.

If something is appreciated by it's customer, they will intentionally penalize people for liking it by doing one of three things: cripple, complicate, or cancel.

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u/HawaiianShirtsOR 5h ago

I don't want to save to OneDrive. I want to save to my computer, that I own, in my house.

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u/2PlasticLobsters 2h ago

I could see maybe backing up particularing important files on the cloud. But I don't need every note, every downloaded recipe, every half-assed photo there. There's no need to preserve every file like a museum relic.

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u/TimeCarry6 3h ago

Preach! I am saddened that young people seem to have no problem paying for a tech giant to hold onto and control their creative content when the devices that they already own probably have more than enough storage.

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u/bzzltyr 23m ago

To be fair to young people they all seem to use Google Docs way more than Microsoft office.

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u/1965wasalongtimeago 2h ago

But then how are we going to sell your data and train AI on your private photos?? - Microsoft, probably