enditall727 said:
You know how everybody implies that the internet is irrelevant to the real world?
They knew about what was going to be hampered and tried to say "look at the benefits" at the end of the day
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It's the case with all new controversial products/services. There will be a degree of backlash from it, but Microsoft most likely underestimated the extent of that, thinking their vision was a good one for consumers AND developers, but their vision on the consumer rights front was a little shortsighted.
Let me ask this: How many of the people protesting consumers rights knew the reasons as to why Microsoft decided to go this way? (As stated in the OP?) A large, unruly mob doesn't always know both sides of the story...