points by globalnode 4 days ago | 0 comments
as an avid gamer, win11 is the one that pushed me to use linux only (edit: along with the fact that proton and wine make games playable on linux!!!). i would have LIKED to keep using windows but the way they treat their customers is unforgivable. when i go to a restaurant i give them 2 chances at annoying me before i go elsewhere, i gave the windows team what feels like a hundred chances. dont care what they do now, theyre history.
edit again: do they even need pc business, they make all their profits from server stuff now, they may as well wrap up the pc os division ;)
[–] fuzztester 4 days ago
[–] BizarroLand 4 days ago
Not a loss leader, it's still $17.08 Billion dollars (~5%) of their revenue according to bullfincher:
In fiscal year 2026, Microsoft Corporation's revenue by segment (products & services) are as follows:
Dynamics Products And Cloud Services: $9.01 B
Enterprise and partner services: $8.26 B
Linked In Corporation: $19.82 B
Microsoft Three Six Five Commercial Products And Cloud Services: $102.00 B
Microsoft Three Six Five Consumer Products and Cloud Services: $9.18 B
Other Products And Services: $109.00 M
Search Advertising: $15.18 B
Server Products And Cloud Services: $129.43 B
Windows and Devices: $17.08 B
XBOX: $21.79 B
https://bullfincher.io/companies/microsoft-corporation/reven...
loss leader funda in action, prolly.
or, sort of: those who live together, stick together.
aka if you buy window pcs, you're likely to buy windows servers and vice versa.