The latest Windows 11 preview build in the Beta Channel delivers a rather odd change to the Start menu. For some reason, the "Sign out" button is hidden behind a Microsoft 365 ad and other banners.
  • RestrictedAccountEnglish
    420·
    6 months ago

    Marketing people achieving the opposite of the desired results

    • CroquetteEnglish
      240·
      6 months ago6 months ago

      It is bold of you to think that the desired result is the customer satisfaction. In this era of ultra-capitalism, the goal is to squeeze as much money just to the limit where people won’t leave.

      So they slowly add bullshit things like that to test the water of what is acceptable until it breaks.

      And then the company release a PR statement saying that they are listening to the community feedback and rollback that last change. They found a new temporary limit that they will still try to push in the near future when enough people have forgotten, and will try to pin those that still remember as alarmists, because remember last time? They went back on their change and they totally learned their lesson guys.

      • dynamojoeEnglish
        120·
        6 months ago6 months ago

        Well stated. I think a lot of corporate action nowadays, especially with any industry connected to the internet, is based on similar logic. “How can we squeeze maximum (profit/market share/growth)? If we go too far, we can always undo it thanks to the internet.”

        I wonder how long it’ll be until BMW reintroduces the Heated Seats subscription, or GM changes their legalese to allow them to sell your driving data to 3rd party companies? Those corporate moneygrabs were rolled back due to consumer outrage recently but they’ll probably be back in some form in the next five years.

    • ScubusEnglish
      20·
      6 months ago

      LMAO how ya gonna hide the outlet behind an ad?

  • lobutEnglish
    160·
    6 months ago

    Microsoft understands that it’s not exactly the top choice for a lot of us users right? We use it because of whatever-reason and annoyances like this lead to attrition. I literally only use it to play Helldivers 2 right now.

    • sepEnglish
      251·
      6 months ago

      Helldivers 2 works fine on my debian using steam. As do most other games. Some DRM are windows only. And i will care about that when i have finished my steam backlog

      • SkyeStarfallEnglish
        40·
        6 months ago

        Yeah I’ve been playing helldivers on Linux too, no issues really.

    • TenniswafflesEnglish
      10·
      6 months ago

      “A lot,” in this instance is a tiny minority. Or do you think that the echo chamber that is Lemmy is somehow representative of a majority?

  • FilthyShroomsEnglish
    100·
    6 months ago

    There’s a reason I’m not upgrading past windows 11. Hell I’ll install Linux before I upgrade to windows 11

  • fsxyloEnglish
    90·
    6 months ago

    Mfers really saw the “drink verification can” copypasta and are trying to make it real.

  • Hellfire103English
    60·
    6 months ago

    Glad I broke out of that ecosystem before it got this bad.