Re:Microsoft says EU to blame for the worst IT outage
by threatofrain on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @04:08PM
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This situation is because Microsoft is opening their doors. That must mean a new allocation of responsibility. Microsoft is blaming the EU for disallowing them from blocking out bad actors; but going in this direction means accepting Microsoft as a parent that takes responsibility for everything, which is not necessarily where we should be going. The more freedom we give to the end user, the more responsibility they must wholeheartedly accept. In other words, we should be blaming users.
All the hospitals, airlines, police, banks that accepted bad software into their stack should be punished, especially where it resulted in serious medical or life harm.
Re:Microsoft says EU to blame for the worst IT outage
by lolokwhatever on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @03:32PM
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this is the stupidest thing i've read on the internet, ever
I suggest Microsoft follows Britain's example and leaves. The main difference is that we Europeans actually miss the Brits, whereas nobody would miss Microsoft and its shoddy products and business practices.
On a more serious note, I fully understand that the Digital Markets Act is causing Microsoft headaches. But I think this headache is well deserved. Big Tech has been building moats where they should have built bridges, and now our computing landscape resembles medieval Germany where everything was at the mercy of a few feudal lords. It is time to drive out those lords and reshape software in a way that empowers, not enslaves.