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310 points speckx | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 10:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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yodon ◴[27 Aug 25 12:12 UTC] No.45038582[source]▶
More than anything, Microsoft is incompetent at messaging and communications.

This is a feature that has been among the most loved aspects of its main competitor for more than a decade.

Somehow, Microsoft managed to make the same feature sound and feel and be creepy.

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TechSquidTV ◴[27 Aug 25 12:34 UTC] No.45038787[source]▶
Microsoft could announce that they've made kittens live forever and people would complain.
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olddustytrail ◴[27 Aug 25 15:01 UTC] No.45040656[source]▶
There must be a name for this fallacy. You know where it goes:

Person/Company does crappy thing

People complain

Fanboy says "Person/Company could do amazing thing and people would still complain"

... when it's very obvious that company/person didn't do anything good.

I've seen it so many times there must be a name for it. Anyone know what it is?

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technothrasher ◴[27 Aug 25 17:03 UTC] No.45042209[source]▶
It's basically shooting the messenger, which is an ad hominem.
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1. olddustytrail ◴[27 Aug 25 18:03 UTC] No.45042926[source]▶
I'm not sure they're quite the same. If noone else has coined a term for it I'll go with the "cancer cure fallacy" but maybe someone has a better name. Open to suggestions!