FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling
FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling
Redmond’s packing of Office with security, cloud computing services under scrutiny.
Great, do health insurance companies now, with their "vertical integration" (we own all the things you need, so fuck you).
Let’s unbundle health insurance from your employer. You shouldn’t be tied to a shitty job just so you can go to a doctor.
But then how can the owner class trap workers into abusive jobs while also ensuring no one has the audacity to start their own company and become financially independent? Won't someone think of the shareholders?
Yes, also that.
Leave your job and lose your insurance. Everything is 100x cheaper that way. Doctors charge very little for cash paying customers. Emergency rooms and urgent cares just write off most of it to charity and charge you a bit if anything at all. The most I’ve paid for is lab work, but that’s a few and far between and still only like 500 bucks for a full panel.
YMMV. I’ve been doing this for three years and have paid less in TOTAL than private insurance wants for ONE MONTH.
It’s been fun w Lina Khan @ the helm. gonna miss seeing the FTC make moves on corpos. (_*)
Alright I've been staring at it too long - what's that emoji?
I support most of what Lena Khan has done, but this is stupid. Cybersecurity features should be built into the base package of all cloud products. The fact that so many charge extra for them is and always has been bullshit. It's like trying to sell a car but charging extra to include seat belts and air bags.
The complaint should be that they're selling a product that is unsafe in its base offering.
I agree that cybersecurity features should be included. In fact I think they should be included for free. The problem is that Microsoft wanted to charge the Department of Defense and it sounds like they used politics to make sure they could, and if true then they (and maybe also the DoD?) may have violated some federal laws around government procurement and "gifts" from contractors to the government.
Can you source whatever you are countering here?
No, because it comes from personal experience working in cybersecurity.
Loads of SaaS/PaaS include things like saml, oidc etc only in the higher (or the "contact us") tiers
What about having to switch from a $32/user/month license to a $52/user/month license for just one or two features out of the dozens you end up paying for?
- The year of the Linux laptop
Cosmic DE ftw
Guess you can never be 30 years too late
Second time's the charm, maybe?
I commend the optimism, but I doubt it
Jake from State Farm told me bundling was a good thing.
Bill Gates about to get extremely friendly with the Trump Administration.
The dickhead you're looking for is now called Satya Nadella.
That dude is a creep... Ruined Windows
does he still have much to do with Microsoft?
No.
He owns 1% of all Microsoft shares which are worth tens of billions.
They lost it last time, and they will lose it again
The way my Surface Pro was packaged I can completely understand this, all the cardboard was pulled open at one side.
Any probe against a monopoly is a good thing
Timely.
Just in time for nothing to happen when trumps picks defang the FTC (who has already been defanged plenty in the past)