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kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling

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FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling

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kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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Redmond’s packing of Office with security, cloud computing services under scrutiny.
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  • cm0002@lemmy.world
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    Microsoft? Anti-Trust bundling violations? What year is this?? 1996‽

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      I WISH it were 1996!!!

      …please take me back to the 90s…I don’t like being old.

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    I support most of what Lena Khan has done, but this is stupid. Cybersecurity features should be built into the base package of all cloud products. The fact that so many charge extra for them is and always has been bullshit. It’s like trying to sell a car but charging extra to include seat belts and air bags.

    The complaint should be that they’re selling a product that is unsafe in its base offering.

    • Snapz@lemmy.world
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      Can you source whatever you are countering here?

      • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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        No, because it comes from personal experience working in cybersecurity.

    • MSids@lemmy.world
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      What about having to switch from a $32/user/month license to a $52/user/month license for just one or two features out of the dozens you end up paying for?

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    Jake from State Farm told me bundling was a good thing.

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    Guess you can never be 30 years too late

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    Bill Gates about to get extremely friendly with the Trump Administration.

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      That was quick

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    The way my Surface Pro was packaged I can completely understand this, all the cardboard was pulled open at one side.

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    Timely.

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      Just in time for nothing to happen when trumps picks defang the FTC (who has already been defanged plenty in the past)

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    They lost it last time, and they will lose it again

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