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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its tech in mass surveillance of Palestinians

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873 points helsinkiandrew | 3 comments | 25 Sep 25 15:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hdlothia ◴[25 Sep 25 15:30 UTC] No.45373968[source]▶
Kinda bullish for azure that the idf chose it over aws
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1. tasn ◴[25 Sep 25 15:56 UTC] No.45374399[source]▶
Israel (like many governments) is very Microsoft Windows centric, so if I had to guess it wasn't chosen due to technical merits but instead based on existing business relationships.

Note: I've used Azure and it sucks. :)

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2. dmix ◴[25 Sep 25 17:53 UTC] No.45376350[source]▶
Azure’s web app for managing servers is a nightmare

Uses the same awful UI/plaform as their Xbox account settings

Microsoft always somehow succeeds in spite of the quality of everything they build.

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3. AtlasBarfed ◴[26 Sep 25 01:35 UTC] No.45381568[source]▶
If the AI systems of these companies had 1/3 their hype, their craptastic admin consoles for their 100 billion dollar cloud companies would improve.

... any day now. aaaaaany dayyyy now. Yeah.