It didn't. Well, except for me. I have a highly desirable deep voice that guarentees I can name my price for the work I do. Then I go to lunch where everyone adores me. Imagine that. Imagine being so beloved that 22 year old college girls scream, and ask you to sign their breasts, all just because I'm there to buy a wheat bagel. I can tell you, it's nice. Sometimes it's annoying. Then I remember I could be like millions of others. Working hard in a factory without air conditioning for pennies. That's what makes me appriciate life. The fact that it's so easy, and the money is endless if you don't work hard. Now get back to work. I have a bagel to enjoy, and big beautiful breasts to see.
I can hear the difference. See, my headphones were bought in the 80s. So they have a 3.5mm jack. If I tried plugging it into a usb-c jack, it would sound AWFUL!
The closest thing they had to internet explorer dominance is saying that it was manditory to be installed in every OS. The OS had market dominance, and you couldn't uninstall internet explorer.
I last checked in December. At that time Linux had an all time high usage rate of 5.6%. For a platform that's existed since the early 90s, 5.6% is the highest they'd ever achieved.
So I wouldn't exactly say microsoft EVER pissed it away. They still have, and always have had, dominant market share of users. And they do so by charging hundreds of dollars as opposed to a free alternative.
Noooooooo!!!!
Oh, sorry....
Ooooooooooo!!!!!!