Was that long ago?
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sugartits@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I remember when someone posted a joke Slashdot with a fake screenshot of Windows advising a user to switch away from Firefox and back to IE.
Everyone lost their minds on what was an obvious joke. An unthinkable thing for Microsoft to do.
Yet here we are…
tabular@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
sugartits@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes, it was a while ago. Hence Slashdot and Internet Explorer.
SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
I mean, he was still reading Slashdot, so I guess “yes”
tabular@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I thought so as they said “I remember” but I though Slashdot might be something new… 🫠
SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Slashdot still exists, but it was mostly popular in the late 90s to mid 2000s.
dan1101@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Corporations are so large now they can do outrageous things like this and they will still have millions or billions of users who don’t care. Plus they have learned that bad press is free advertising.