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Kind of impressive when you think about it (infosec.pub)

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's Microsoft. They got desktop PCs. They repeatedly failed to get mobile, they repeatedly failed to get portable, they never had embedded, they had fucking Skype at one point. They drink gold and piss nickel, Microsoft.

[–] magnue@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Don't forget Vine was basically tiktok and they just binned it for no reason.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

Also Zune was a fantastic player.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Well, I think Vine was too early. The videos were too short, could you imagine trying to put ads or sponsors in 6 second videos? So how do you monetize it?