Microsoft finally started paying attention to what its customers are saying about Windows 11. Good news: You will soon be able to move the taskbar to the top or side of the display again!
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Ed Bott
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Tech journalist. Author of 25+ books. Writing for ZDNET since 2006. (My posts are searchable via tfr.)
Bott, not bot. He/him.
Available for writing/consulting work. Contact info: edbott.com/contact-me/
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Jeff Bezos could literally have subsidized the Washington Post for 20 years at a TOTAL cost of a fraction of 1 percent of his net worth.
Instead he put 300 professionals out of work and destroyed the institution that inspired me and a lot of others to become journalists.
Anyway, fuck that guy.
I asked my 52,000 followers on Twitter to tell me why they're sticking around and whether they've changed the way they use this site. Here's what they had to say.
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@codefolio@ruby.social @mmasnick@mastodon.social Sorry, looks like I read that wrong. It's pretty badly written so hard to say where the email was sent.
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@codefolio@ruby.social @mmasnick@mastodon.social It's a direct quote from an email. Not sure why that would be "murky."
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@mmasnick@mastodon.social This might be my favorite part: "Gerber said he’s considering it but wants to get a clearer idea of what the plan is. 'One could argue he has created value or destroyed value at Twitter. It’s hard to tell at this point,' he said."
Is it, though? Is it really hard to tell?
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@mmasnick@mastodon.social That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them.