It looks like you're trying to work; would you like to be watched?
Office 97 shipped the Office Assistant, an uninvited paperclip, on by default
The Record
HailStorm: Microsoft politely asked to hold everyone's wallet
.NET My Services proposed centralizing consumers' personal data on Microsoft servers
Microsoft Points: real money in, fake currency out, permanent leftovers
Xbox 360 launched with Microsoft Points, a scrip currency sold in awkward bundles
Kin: a billion dollars of social phone, killed in 48 days
Microsoft Kin phones discontinued 48 days after launch
Office 2013: one license, one PC, one house fire, no transfers
Office 2013 retail licenses were non-transferable; Microsoft reversed in six weeks
Xbox One: a console that assumed the internet never sleeps
Xbox One reveal required daily online check-ins and restricted used games
"Kinect is essential to Xbox One", for exactly six months
Microsoft unbundled Kinect and cut the Xbox One price after insisting it was inseparable
The free upgrade where clicking X meant "yes"
Get Windows 10 nagware scheduled forced upgrades; closing the dialog consented
Tay: sixteen hours from launch to Nazi, a new onboarding record
Tay chatbot corrupted into posting slurs within 16 hours of launch
Skype chased Snapchat and caught the backlash
Skype's 2017 redesign added stories and emoji; Microsoft U-turned in 2018