Microsoft (unsurprisingly) has won the race to zero.
We have had them 'embrace' the wider developer and open-source ecosystem by buying GitHub.
Then they have 'extended' this with partnerships and deep developer integrations in VSCode and exclusive partnerships with OpenAI which in the background was used to build the best tools on the Microsoft platform with added enhancements and extensions.
Now in the new intelligence age, we finally have the definition of what 'Extinguish' looks like to competitors wanting to compete with the best tools available, For free.
I think you're ignoring the part where a MBA shows up, figures they have a valuable monopoly and starts it's extortion racket.
Realize: most of the digital ecosystem runs on whales, and thats who businesses go after. As long as wealth inequality thrives, that's the enshittification cycle.
Bundling this with GitHub and giving it away for free reminds me of other times they’ve pulled this same tactic like with Teams. I don’t know why people respect Satya too much - he’s just another typical Microsoft monopolist. Others can also act unethically and abuse market position to grow their company.
We have had them 'embrace' the wider developer and open-source ecosystem by buying GitHub.
Then they have 'extended' this with partnerships and deep developer integrations in VSCode and exclusive partnerships with OpenAI which in the background was used to build the best tools on the Microsoft platform with added enhancements and extensions.
Now in the new intelligence age, we finally have the definition of what 'Extinguish' looks like to competitors wanting to compete with the best tools available, For free.