Comment by figassis
16 hours ago
I don’t think this is the issue “yet”. It’s that no matter what class you are, your CEO does not care. Mediocre AI work is enough to give them immense returns and an exit. He’s not looking out for the unfortunate bag holders. The world has always had tolerance for highly distributed crap. See Windows.
This seems like a purely cynical lacking any substantive analysis.
Despite whatever nasty business practices and shitty UX Windows has foisted on the world, there is no denying the tremendous value that it has brought, including impressive backwards compatibility that rivals some of the best platforms in computing history.
AI shovelware pump-n-dump is an entirely different short term game that will never get anywhere near Microsoft levels of success. It's more like the fly-by-nights in the dotcom bubble that crashed and burned without having achieved anything except a large investment.
You misunderstand me. While I left Windows over a decade ago, I recognize it was a great OS in some aspects. I was referring to the recent AI fueled Windows developments and Ad riddled experiences. Someone decided that is fine, and you won't see orgs or regular users drop it...tolerance.