commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMicrosoft Mysteriously Freezes Accounts for VeraCrypt, WireGuard, Windscribewww.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1485cross-posted to: technology@piefed.social
arrow-up1485external-linkMicrosoft Mysteriously Freezes Accounts for VeraCrypt, WireGuard, Windscribewww.pcmag.comcommander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square63linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@piefed.social
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·3 months agoIt’s not a conspiracy, just plain old incompetence.
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·edit-23 months agoThe older I’ve gotten (or the further into late stage capitalism), the less I’m inclined to accept “Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by incompetence” (- Napoleon, perhaps) and the more I subscribe to “Why not both?”.
minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months ago“It’s probably malice.” Me (2026)
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoThere’s definitely plenty of evidence for both at MS.
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoNo, it’s incompetence to have the hubris to do this on purpose.
It’s not a conspiracy, just plain old incompetence.
The older I’ve gotten (or the further into late stage capitalism), the less I’m inclined to accept “Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by incompetence” (- Napoleon, perhaps) and the more I subscribe to “Why not both?”.
“It’s probably malice.”
There’s definitely plenty of evidence for both at MS.
No, it’s incompetence to have the hubris to do this on purpose.