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I cancelled too! I really wanna see what excuse Microsoft will pull out to walk back the changes.

Hit 'em where it hurts, people.

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[–] Prox@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Once upon a time, the idea with subscriptions like this was to have customers set it and forget it. Charge them a small/reasonable amount and they'll keep giving you money forever. Giving people a reason to think about - or worse, evaluate the merits of - the monthly deposit they're giving you used to be a sin for companies.

But here we are, seeing the difference between "companies" and "corpos".

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

...is the difference being publicly traded on the stock exchange? The only company I can think of that doesn't fall under "corpo" is Valve, and it seems to mostly be because they don't have to answer to shareholders.

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I mean "corpos" in the Cyberpunk sense - mega-huge companies that put profits far and above all else, discarding any notion of ethics, morality, or care about others in the process.

They're the companies that buy up emerging tech solely so they can kill it (their competition). They don't give a shit about long-term sustainability - if it raises the bottom line today, they do it. They disregard laws and consumer protections because the only consequences are paltry (for them) fines, which they see as the cost of doing business.