Re:The bizarre role reversal of Apple and Microsoft
by pyrophane on Friday October 28, 2016 @05:24PM
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Yea, things have changed... a lot. Back in the anti-trust days of bundling IE, bullying OEMs and undermining standards, MS was the evil empire of the day.
Now you've got Google backtracking on privacy and siphoning up user data to create ads that know you a little too well, Amazon as more threatening Walmart of the digital age, and Facebook trying to make sure that the only way you can experience the online world is through the censored lens of Facebook itself.
It makes all of the once-held fear of Microsoft dominance seem quaint.
At least Apple is still building pretty gear and killing useful ports, just like back in the day.
Now you've got Google backtracking on privacy and siphoning up user data to create ads that know you a little too well, Amazon as more threatening Walmart of the digital age, and Facebook trying to make sure that the only way you can experience the online world is through the censored lens of Facebook itself.
It makes all of the once-held fear of Microsoft dominance seem quaint.
At least Apple is still building pretty gear and killing useful ports, just like back in the day.