[myle]

As a teenager that grew up hating Bill Gates, because I liked Linux, I want to agree with you. As an adult, I believe we should be able to see past the surface of behavior that other people exhibit and understand their motives.

It is nowadays in fashion to cancel someone based on today's norms, but if we want to be fair, we should put things in context that we don't have. If Bill Gates was so toxic that was unbearable, Microsoft would have failed.

[lukasb]

Criticizing is not cancelling.

[ncmncm]

Microsoft had a monopoly. It could not fail.

[tricky777]

not necesarily. Slave using countries survived for centuries. (business can be successful even if it makes people miserable)