I don't know why they why they didn't go all-in and cut a deal with XVideos. Click a button, pay your fee and your window tiles with everything your ** desires.
Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
111–120 of 307 posts
Re: Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
What shenanigans do you think Google is pulling? There's nothing equivalent in Chrome...
Google is an advertising company. That's what they make their money from. And they are the biggest internet advertising company. Everything they do is aimed at gathering more data for more lucrative ads.
I'd rather be connected to contextual ads than have my OS vendor try to keep my entire digital life hostage for a ransom.
Re: Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
#113i don't really understand the controversy here. Doesn't google add Google Pay into that same menu in chrome? why shouldn't microsoft offer their payment processor too? i'm not going to use "zip pay", but i'm also not going to use edge. this feels like an excuse for people to get angry.
It's not just a payment processor though, it's a third-party financing service from a company that myself and I assume most other people have never heard of, which as far as I can tell is built on a business model of tricking people into taking on more debt.
I'd at least be a little more forgiving if it was actually a Microsoft service, but the fact that it's gonna be prompting random people to give up their financial and spending details to some random company makes it worse.
Re: Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
#114This is why we need an independent web browser with only basic set of features that are enough for average user.
Re: Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
#115Not suprising, I have to assume it was microsoft who pushed 343 to push out the giant dark pattern that is Halo Infinate.
Re: Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of all the FAAMG out there, Microsoft arguably has the most diverse revenue streams, I don't see what's surprising with them going after another market (let alone payments). It's just another layer for monetization and doesn't prevent them pursuing their other business lines (it's arguably different teams anyway). Nothing's ever worth it if you take the approach of "It's already worth/earning 100x, adding 1x isn't wo…
> Of all the FAAMG out there Of all the MANGA* out there FTFY
MAMAA
Re: Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
#117This is why we need an independent web browser with only basic set of features that are enough for average user.
The average user doesn't want a web browser with only basic features, they want all of the web to work, all of the time (excepting maybe ads.)
Re: Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
#118I cannot stand how everything with internet access is just becoming a vehicle to shove ads down everyone’s throat. This web browser wants to sell me credit deals. My expensive TV has banner ads in the menus (well, it did until I blocked about two dozen domains). An increasing amount of apps are sending “offers” I never requested via push notifications on my phone.
My belongings are not a fucking corporate billboard.
Re: Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of all the FAAMG out there, Microsoft arguably has the most diverse revenue streams, I don't see what's surprising with them going after another market (let alone payments). It's just another layer for monetization and doesn't prevent them pursuing their other business lines (it's arguably different teams anyway). Nothing's ever worth it if you take the approach of "It's already worth/earning 100x, adding 1x isn't wo…
> Of all the FAAMG out there Of all the MANGA* out there FTFY
Not the commenter above, but I don't really want to support Facebook's attempt to dodge bad press with a name change.
I'll stick with FAAMG.
Re: Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge
#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because Microsoft's raison-d'être is to extract as much money as possible from computer users. No matter how much they try to not be evil, no matter how many overtures they make to developers, it won't change the fact that Microsoft is basically just a hostile entity out there to extract as much money as possible from the computing scene.
And to think they now own Github and NPM. The Borg is truly upon us.
And linked in and minecraft.