[drpossum]

I'm going to follow the guidelines and not be snarky: Microsoft is not some weak company at the mercy of the market. They choose their vendors (they also actively throw their weight around with vendors) and MS on top of that is capable of doing anything in-house (or buying it to bring it in house).

The stance of "let's not hold companies accountable for cutting corners" is one reason everything is getting worse. It's because we collectively let it get worse.

[alwa]

Is it possible that you’re talking about a different incident? In the incident at hand, didn’t enterprises in question choose the EDR vendor, not Microsoft?

Is the implication that Microsoft should be compelled to develop its own EDR product at a level of sophistication comparable to what CrowdStrike offered, and compete with them on that basis?

It feels strange to me to hold Microsoft accountable for the poor design decisions of firms who just develop third-party software on their platform.

[johnnyo]

I’m not following your line of reasoning, can you clarify?

Is the argument that it was MS responsibility to bake something like this in at the OS level? And if they did it would be more robust?

I’m not sure I agree. MS has already gotten in trouble for monopolistic practices before, so from a legal standpoint, I’m not sure that’s the best course of action.

[MattGaiser]

Except that doing those things could be viewed as monopolistic or anti-competitive behaviour.

If Microsoft is responsible, then they need to also need greater control. If Microsoft isn't supposed to have that kind of power, they cannot be blamed.

[georgeplusplus]

>>>It's because we collectively let it get worse

What would you suggest we do to make sure it doesn't get worse?

A large majority of the population probably has no idea the implications of this outage and what to do about it because most are tech deaf.