Post AXr0FNfREkQkgnd73I by johnhamelink@emacs.ch
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 (DIR) Post #AXr0FNfREkQkgnd73I by johnhamelink@emacs.ch
       2023-07-19T12:28:22Z
       
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       Microsoft Teams is:1. A terrible user experience2. Slow and resource hungry3. Low-key spyware4. A walled garden that shuts down competition due to the way the product fundamentally works5. With poor uptime6. Poor discoverability7. With insufficient privacy and notification controls8. Aggressively and in my view inappropriately pushed - particularly into public services contracts9. Resulting in a massive attack and personal identity fraud vector just waiting to be exploitedPerhaps we shouldn’t outsource our logistical means of communications in organisations that rely on good communication to operate? Just a thought.https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-faces-antitrust-scrutiny-from-the-european-union#antitrust #microsoft #msteams #teams #chat #e2ee #xmpp #federation #walledgarden #proprietarysoftware
       
 (DIR) Post #AXr0FSnm9B4Qc6ZLF2 by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-07-19T13:44:30Z
       
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       @johnhamelink I agree it's a pile of crap, but I'm a bit confused about the 'shuts down competition' - - given there's Zoom/Google's stuff/Webex etc  where does the competition thing come from?
       
 (DIR) Post #AXr0eUdUSt0xXdh2gK by johnhamelink@emacs.ch
       2023-07-19T13:49:04Z
       
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       @penguin42 there’s no interoperability with other networks, so as marketshare is captured, network effects dictate that the value of other systems diminishes because they can’t compete. It’s also the reason why building “markets” on top of train lines and other closed loop systems fundamentally doesn’t work
       
 (DIR) Post #AXr0q4zdd7LzUFZrt2 by fedops@fosstodon.org
       2023-07-19T13:51:09Z
       
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       @penguin42 in our case at least through the "company already pays for M365 and it's included in subscription type <x>". Which is how the objectively worst tool became at least number 2 in the market (possibly behind zoom, idk).It's the old bundling shenanigans again that already got them before courts in the 90s but they'll do it again since it's so profitable.@johnhamelink