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this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025
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Microsoft has nothing worth using. Microsoft hasn't made anything that's even worth talking about. Anyone with an OpenAI key and an afternoon to kill could make something every bit as good as what Microsoft has done. They put the absolute bare minimum of effort into everything they've done with AI.
The only advantage they have is customer lock-in. Historically, that's usually enough for them. I hope it's not this time.
Eventually Microsoft will probably buy a company with people who know what the fuck they're doing. I think that's their only way forward because it looks like the brain drain has finally caught up with them.
Mostly agree. However, Excel remains the exception. I refuse to buy/subscribe to whatever subscription they are currently peddling, but I do consider my stand alone Excel license to be worth it. And if the next version of Excel is still offered as a stand alone perpetual license and does not force AI, I’ll buy that too.
Yeah, I meant for AI stuff specifically. Their main products are...well I wouldn't say "good" but they successfully choked out all competition in the 90s so...