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		mips_avatar 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 1... The employees inside really wanted to build this. The company decided not to.

blastersyndrome 5 days ago [–]

I'm not so sure about that. If Microsoft actually removed all the cruft, then they would need around 5% of the employees currently working on it. They'd all be unemployed.

mips_avatar 4 days ago | [–]

You’d be surprised how many legitimately want to improve the product. This idea that we’re powerless to disobey our incentives is so reductive.

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