The only good products Microsoft ever made were their BASIC interpreters for 8-bit computers. Everything since then has been about cornering the market and denying customer choice.
Making something good takes more money and yields less. Users, for the most part, are too entrenched in the ecosystem to ever leave, so Microsoft may as well squeeze the most out of them.
I don’t know why Microsoft can’t understand:
Make something actually good. Give people the option to use it.
The only good products Microsoft ever made were their BASIC interpreters for 8-bit computers. Everything since then has been about cornering the market and denying customer choice.
Making something good takes more money and yields less. Users, for the most part, are too entrenched in the ecosystem to ever leave, so Microsoft may as well squeeze the most out of them.