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Successful to the shareholders, not the users.


No one has been forcing any of the users to give them money. The users are giving them money because they get value out of purchasing their products.


Not true. As a Linux user I have many times been forced to give them money for software I delete as my first step on a new PC.


Can you give an example? Generally speaking, when you buy hardware with bundled software, the hardware is cheaper because the software company is paying the hardware vendor to bundle, effectively subsidizing some of your cost.


I feel a little forced but for context I currently work in the games industry.


That’s what makes a successful company though.


Well, by that reasoning, US are a successful country.

But when you are not the shareholder but the user / citizen, you have the right to decide what "successful" means to you.


The US is a successful country: try to invade us and see :) Or try to outspend us :)


Have you looked at your Southern border recently?


Citizens should be shareholders, but let's not stretch the analogy.


Depends on your definition of success, but yes a lot of companies aim to maximize the monetary gain of shareholders


Microsoft's goal is to make the shareholders money. So that it success to it.


And success or not has nothing to do with OP's point.




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