I truly hope that Microsoft get everything they deserve for promoting loan sharks.
I didn't think that my opinion of Microsoft could fall any lower than it already was, having watched them for the last 35-odd years, but here we are. Nice way to scrape the bottom of the barrel M$!
My only hope is that this stunt is something that anyone can understand; it's not a technical issue about interoperability or the deliberate corruption of supposedly standard APIs, this is just bottom feeder manipulation with no regard for the consequences suffered by those manipulated into buying things they can't afford. Surely something like this is blatant enough to really rile up some regulators who actually have sharp teeth rather than dentures?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
