[forgotAgain]

Apple, Google, Microsoft: they each act like bullies when they have the upper hand and whine when someone else makes them dance.

If you react emotionally to arguments between these companies (unless they pay you to) you should find something worthwhile to be angry about. They're all whores who would screw every customer they have for a dime.

Use them any way you can but don't invest in them emotionally. It's a waste of your time.

[CurtHagenlocher]

As a Microsoft employee, I endorse this position.

[ghayes]

We, as consumers, may still identify with issues imposed (e.g. content owners charging extremely high prices to Netflex). I'm not saying Microsoft is right and Google is wrong. I'm saying that I agree that Google is not helping the ecosystem and should be shamed for it, in this one very specific instance.

[briandear]

I guess people like being screwed, given the market caps.

[test-it]

Well 1st people often don't have an alternative (driver and app support of Windows, Google's search results quality).

And 2nd people do like to be screwed, if that means less effort and lower risk. The vast majority of civilizations in human history were slave based, with the majority of people being slaves.