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Re:Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores by jodrellblank on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:06PM (#23654266)
> and let their customers deal with malware on their laptops.

They upped their game with the built in Windows Defender to the point where you don’t need third party AV because it’s rated so highly.

> Contrast with Apple, who put customer service front and center, opened stores that my parents could go to and talk to someone if they had a problem.

Like all the retail stores Microsoft opened, which people in this thread are saying provided a really good experience?

> Microsoft had all the cash in the world to make it happen. But instead, they put Candy Crush in the start menu.

Contrast with Apple who put sponsored results in the App Store and prevent you from deleting default apps in macOS Catalina? https://www.reddit.com/r/osx/comments/dfetr4/comment/f32q81e

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Re:Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores by scarface74 on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:51PM (#23654855)
Did you read the link? It didn’t say you couldn’t do it. You have to jump through hoops but they are well defined hoops.
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