Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9164 total)
2 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,913 Year: 4,170/9,624 Month: 1,041/974 Week: 368/286 Day: 11/13 Hour: 0/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Microsoft outdoes themselves again, in a bad way
Bolder-dash
Member (Idle past 3660 days)
Posts: 983
From: China
Joined: 11-14-2009


Message 40 of 45 (691628)
02-23-2013 12:19 PM
Reply to: Message 31 by Jon
02-23-2013 1:17 AM


Re: Estoppel
Why do you think Microsoft offers its email for free? Because they are nice guys?
One reason they do this is because the more you log into your email account, the more you click on msn's webpages-and thus the advertising space on their pages becomes more valuable.
Its not a case of one taking from them and they are getting nothing. They are also locking me into their other services, like Msn messenger. There are other chat software available, but Microsoft wants you to use theirs.
So I don't buy you argument, that since we have siphoned off them, they owe the users nothing.
If I go to a mall to go shopping, and I park my car in the malls lot, and when I come back the parking lot and all the cars are gone, can they say, well, what do you want, the parking was free. Your car was fine for a few hours, how long do you want us to protect you?

This message is a reply to:
 Message 31 by Jon, posted 02-23-2013 1:17 AM Jon has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 43 by Jon, posted 02-23-2013 2:12 PM Bolder-dash has not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024