Microsoft has jumped onto the Friedman doctrine with full force. [0] Following this doctrine takes you down only one path, Enshitification.

All the major Wall Street players are doing it too; Nestle with removing real chocolate in their chocolate candy, McDonald's now costing the same as a sit down with lower quality product, car industry rejecting affordable vehicles for production. [1] [2]

The only end users Microsoft concern themselves with are the _Share Holders_. They reject the developers, maintainers, and consumers as their focal user groups. This is how you get shit-ware and people leaving your platform.

My major goal this year is to get our solutions running on Linux so we can fully ditch the trash fire that Windows IoT / Embedded has become. It originally was fully customizable now it is bloated with Copilot, XBox gaming, and working to force the creation of @Microsoft.com accounts versus local ones.

I support local restaurants, businesses, and breweries. While Wall Street companies are last in line to receive my income, if at all. I will not spend a penny personally financially supporting large players like McDonald's, Microsoft, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Molson Coors, AB InBev ...

Everything these companies say is just PR to try and win back those they lost and those that are walking away. Only trust an origination's actions because their messages are meaningless and without value.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79x7q325p3o

[2] https://daxstreet.com/news/243275/affordable-cars-disappear-...