As a former Microsoft fanboy, this makes sense. Steve Ballmer (previous CEO) was a registered Republican, even. Then Satya came in. Wall Street loves him, and he handles Azure well, but Ballmer did a much better job supporting consumers. Look at how long he hung on to Windows Phone, the Xbox 360 during the RROD fiasco, providing real privacy options for people, physical Microsoft Stores etc.
I think when Ballmer left, I realized that I was more of a Steve Ballmer fan than a Microsoft fan.
Satya did make some changes that were objectively better and generated great success, but then he let the senior leadership fill up with bus-dems, corporate Karens, and whacktivists. I suspect the monster is out of his control now. You'll be happy to know that the emphasis on privacy and strict limitations on using customer data are still in place, much to annoyance of the activists.
As a former Microsoft fanboy, this makes sense. Steve Ballmer (previous CEO) was a registered Republican, even. Then Satya came in. Wall Street loves him, and he handles Azure well, but Ballmer did a much better job supporting consumers. Look at how long he hung on to Windows Phone, the Xbox 360 during the RROD fiasco, providing real privacy options for people, physical Microsoft Stores etc.
I think when Ballmer left, I realized that I was more of a Steve Ballmer fan than a Microsoft fan.
Satya did make some changes that were objectively better and generated great success, but then he let the senior leadership fill up with bus-dems, corporate Karens, and whacktivists. I suspect the monster is out of his control now. You'll be happy to know that the emphasis on privacy and strict limitations on using customer data are still in place, much to annoyance of the activists.