We all knew that Microsoft wasn't a good company. Let this news motivate you to switch to GNU/Linux.
this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2024
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just deleted windows earlier and am no longer dual booting 👐 Linux is pain but the pain is worth it
I am waiting for the gaming industry to make it worthwhile. Anti cheat is a bitch
The goalposts have moved to hopefully their final position
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99% of my games don't work! I'm not switching!
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About half of my games don't work, I'm not swiching!
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20% of my games don't work but the ones that do are all perfect, I'm not switching!
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10% of my games don't work and Valve is pushing for functioning anticheat with EasyAntiCheat and BattleEye, i'm not switching!
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You are here → 0.1% of my games don't work because of holdout companies being assholes and going out of their way to specifically block Linux despite the massive success of the Steam Deck, I'm not switching!
At some point you have to ask yourself if it's the companies thats holding you back or if it's really actually you who are holding yourself back. Switching is gonna always require some kind of sacrifice or another, and currently that sacrifice has never been this minimal.
Either that, or you are just the kind of person who enjoys being a contrarian and has no interest in actually contributing anything meaningful.
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This seems like it should be more of a "write-up" type of offense, rather than skipping straight to terminating employment. This is a vigil, not a protest. Microsoft: "how dare you mourn those killed by a genocidal regime."
BTW - what is everyone's favorite non-MS suite of office programs? I've been using Only Office, but curious what others think.
100% LibreOffice https://www.libreoffice.org/
Seconded! Been using the suite for years and it rocks. It's also multi-OS compatible, which is super handy.
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In authoritarian environments, any compassion you show the declared enemy is a grave offense and needs to be punished severely.
Israeli attaché said they wanted heads to roll...
All these mega crops got some wierd israeli advisors. Facebook recently got caught bragging about it, not a good look.
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As always, fuck Microsoft. Literally been saying this over 30 years already.
Don't use windows, switch to Linux. It's free, actually reasonably secure, actually works, won't spy on you, won't force shit on you just to make you pay more.
Don't use Microsoft azure. It's overpriced and runs in Linux anyway.
Don't use Microsoft 365 online shit. Outlook functions horrendously bad, teams is a sad joke. I unfortunately have to deal with teams every day because government customers thought it was a good idea and EVERY call there is some shit. People can't get in, people don't have audio, people ALWAYS have the wrong audio device selected no matter what and need to spend the first 5 minutes to get their audio and video working. It's shit quality compared to zoom or Google meet or open source alternatieves...
Stop giving this piece of shit your money
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Unionize
remember this when they talk about being gay friendly or anything else even remotely "woke"
I don't expect companies to be doing that much anymore.
Daily reminder, you have freedom of speech in that the government won't do anything about your speech, but you don't have freedom from speech. Going out and protesting your employer and their business relationships can and will get you fired, no matter how just the cause.
Because profits drive everything
You would think israel pays all of these mega corpos bills... Like holyshit it isba country of 7 million people... Do these mega corps get this bent out for US?
War Profiteering: It's not just for weapons manufacturers any more!
Why would you organise this on company headquarters without the consent of the company?
If you tell your employers that you hate the way they operate, what do you think is going to happen?
This is a Neoliberal anthem: rights are for citizens; employees need to sit down and STFU.
Why do we reject tyranny.gov, but embrace tyranny.com?
You can go on a protest whenever you want. Don't expect your employers to be enthusiastic about it if you organise one in your workplace, however.
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This.
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It's called a protest. Social movements protest to get a message across.
You think they'd get permission?
Also, this isn't really a protest.. A vigil. Microsoft is a trash corporation. None of this is surprising.
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Well, given the kind of company, it's not like you'd obtain a consent if you asked. They're too busy getting that Israeli money.
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Right, my daily reminder that the US doesn't belive in human rights. Article 23 of the UN human rights declaration for anyone curious. This is also a fun, yet basic resource: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/countries-with-independent-national-human-rights-institution?time=latest
It's sad that the west still glorifies this fucking homunculus that not only doesn't try to adhere to any agreed principals and values, but actively goes against them. The republicans are against half the things written in there, while the dems "compromise" so hard that "barely making it" is the ultimate unachievable goal in the distance to aim towards. Fucking pathetic.
How do people have the time to organise vigils and get into "coalitions" and politics in the workplace?
Granted I don't work at Microsoft, but I feel me and everyone around me is overworked enough that when we have the time to stop working... We head home (or close the laptop if WFH) and rest, not engage in additional activities in the workplace.
For every hour of work/coding I do, there is probably 4 to 5 hours of waiting for shit to automatically compile, fetch, build, release, apply, get reviewed, approved, and deployed. The downtime is immense, I spend it helping other people with shit or planning company potlucks (I don't work for Microsoft).
In giant companies, there's a lot of wasted time and money.
IDK about you but half of the time I'm at work I'm not actually working. I have like 4 hours of insane productivity, but don't know which 4 hours those will be.
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