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by mgo 3743 days ago
I don't understand why they need to make these cuts. It's Microsoft - they surely have access to extremely cheap hard drives through bulk purchasing. What's 10GB?
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spriggan3 3743 days ago
> I don't understand why they need to make these cuts. It's Microsoft - they surely have access to extremely cheap hard drives through bulk purchasing. What's 10GB?

Microsoft didn't become what it is by giving away stuff for free, quite the contrary.

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nroets 3743 days ago
In the past, Microsoft has provided a lot of free stuff, provided you have a valid Windows license. Browsers, video players, development tools etc.
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darkclarity 3743 days ago
Online storage is a physical object that requires dedicated infrastructure, whereas software can be built and forgotten about.
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mgo 3743 days ago
Not really, all of those things mentioned need constant security patches even if they don't receive new features. You can't have an insecure Microsoft free application on a non-EOL Windows. They patch things all the time. Sure it doesn't seem like as big of a cost as hard drives, but Microsoft needs to pay engineers and QA guys to fix those programs. Nothing is done for free.
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RIMR 3743 days ago
What's 10GB times the number of free OneDrive users?
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