Big mistake, Microsoft!

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January 30, 2018

I apologize in case this post doesn’t fit well into this blog or its readers’. I’d like to consider it as a message from a loyal customer to Microsoft in a hope they stop their stupidity!

I’m not going to talk about the applied limitations on Outlook.com and OneDrive (such as, quotas and bandwidth) in favor of paid Office365. I also won’t mention that Cortana forces the use of MS Edge… I’ll just discuss a case about Bing:

Bing

Google

You are turning your Bing Search app on Android into a browser.
I won’t quit using Firefox as my default browser.
Thus, I’ll switch to Google Search app.
As I like things to be synchronized between my phone and computer, I’ll use Google search on my computer too.
Moreover, Google Search app on Android tries to force the use of Google products. So, I’ll have to use Google Maps (instead of Sygic), Google Translator (instead of Bing Translator), Google Assistant (instead of Cortana), and Google Keyboard (instead of MS Swiftkey), … This will also be reflected into my desktop experience later.

Do you think that I won’t be tempted then to use Gmail and Google Drive instead of Outlook and OneDrive?!

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20 responses to “Big mistake, Microsoft!”

January 30, 2018

Roland Millward

I gave up on Microsoft years ago. Apple, Google and other software blow away their poor performing and expensive products.

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1. February 10, 2018
  
  Mohamad Al Karbi
  
  Sorry for delay in reply, Roland. I have to confess that others such as Google are serving better especially when it comes to mobile area. Personally, still prefer the productivity products of Microsoft, i.e., Office and Outlook
  
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January 30, 2018

Kelly MacKay

We are pawns in their big game

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1. February 10, 2018
  
  Mohamad Al Karbi
  
  Sorry for delay in reply, Kelly. Unfortunately, this is correct! 🙂
  
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January 30, 2018

magickmermaid

Firefox is always my browser of choice!

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1. February 10, 2018
  
  Mohamad Al Karbi
  
  Sorry for delay in reply, my friend. Yes, Firefox is the best browser ever. The latest update makes it even better
  
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January 30, 2018

Edmark M. Law

I have all the major browsers installed on all my machines since all of them perform differently depending on the site. Sometimes a site loads better on Mozilla while others look better on Chrome.

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1. February 10, 2018
  
  Mohamad Al Karbi
  
  Sorry for delay in reply, Edmark. The latest update from Firefox makes it better… However, as a web developer, I totally agree. I have to test the website on many browser and thus I must have them all installed
  
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January 31, 2018

-Eugenia

Where would they be without their marketing ploys? I use Firefox for most everything. Second is Google and once in a while, I use Microsoft’s Edge.

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1. February 10, 2018
  
  Mohamad Al Karbi
  
  Sorry for delay in reply, Franci. Edge isn’t bad but I prefer FF for many reasons; one of which is that it’s not Google’s or Microsoft’s. 🙂
  
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January 31, 2018

intenttowin

I was already using Google gmail and Dropbox for storage. I only use Outlook at work because they make us.

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1. February 10, 2018
  
  Mohamad Al Karbi
  
  Sorry for delay in reply, Darlene. That’s the point. It seems that Microsoft is concentrating on business (companies) field not individuals.
  
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February 2, 2018

mainepaperpusher

This puts you between a rock and a hard place…one of my favorite idioms. A no win situation since you dislike Google. MS has been pretty awful for a few years now. Office365 put me over the edge. I hate subscription software. I’d much rather shell out a large amount of money at once and have a lifetime license. But anyhow, I don’t blame you a bit for hating Bing. That is one of the things I do first when I get a PC…Bing is disabled and Google becomes the default. I have to admit though, I do use OneNote since Evernote started to use subscription rates (uggh!) and I haven’t found anything that really replaces it. Let me know if there is something out there that will let me cut the MS cord.

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1. February 10, 2018
  
  Mohamad Al Karbi
  
  Sorry for delay in reply, Linda. I understand your point and do totally agree with the subscription. I hate it too. Unfortunately, subscriptions is becoming more common and used widely nowadays. Yet I hate Google, I still use a lot their services. We can’t totally cut the cord for those big companies!
  
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February 5, 2018

Crystal Stewart

Microsoft does have problems as does Bing and google but who and when will they get them fixed. Here’s hoping the problems get fixed and soon.

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1. February 10, 2018
  
  Mohamad Al Karbi
  
  Sorry for delay in reply, Crystal. Nothing is perfect 😀
  
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  1. February 10, 2018
    
    Crystal Stewart
    
    No it’s not but as a big company they need to get all the “bugs” out.
  2. February 11, 2018
    
    Mohamad Al Karbi
    
    Very true. Hope they listen…
February 11, 2018

GourabIX

Firefox is the only browser “built for people, not profit.” I love it.

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1. February 11, 2018
  
  Mohamad Al Karbi
  
  Thank you, Gourab. Not to mention that it’s now as fast as Chrome and it’s not Google’s! 😉
  
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