> And in terms of being trusted and liked by customers, Facebook is probably one of the worst brands in the world.

Only in the west, South East Asia has no problems with it.

Facebook is probably one of the most well known brands in the world. A facebook branded phone would get lots of sales regardless of how well the phone performed.

Because you're trying to hope on a product with all the investment goodies without actually doing any of the donation/investment in a risky product. It's something no one wants to reward otherwise none of the kickerstarter projects would meet their goal because too many assholes are waiting for it to become to success first.

You joke but this is also the reason they and Apple shat all over the HTML 5 video standard using OGG.

> now some idiot is claiming that the women dropped the charges.

Damn you're a fucking moron..

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=julian+assange+charges+dropped

Yes it's probably going to be two parts an eye piece and something in your pocket.

It's also deprecated by Microsoft. If Microsoft aren't supporting why are you? You're talking about traffic levels from places like south east asia that use pirated windows copies. For most people these aren't ever going to be visitors so why bother?

The trend shows IE 7 and 8 dropping by 1/2% each month. So the work you're putting into IE 7/8 now is becoming more worthless every month. If you're developing something that's going to take 6 months to a year don't even bother because IE 7/8 won't be used by the time you finished.

> and you cannot install a newer version or any other browser under threat of termination.

That's so stupid that it's funny. "You're using a newer piece of software?! You're fired!". Your company must be a fun place to work.

I use chrome on OSX daily and Safari is a turd in comparison. It's slower, the searching is poorer and the UX just isn't as good as it is in Chrome. Oh and Chrome just updates without needing to restart the whole os to update the browser that's a total plus.

> who made even more cash than you because they did support the 33% or whatever of the global population that is still using IE.

That's right all those customers in china on pirated copies of windows! What a gold mine! and those old dinosaur companies that are too cheap to spend on IT? They sound like the perfect paying customers!

1) Create new technology
2) Market the hell out of it
3) Everyone gets hyped up, next big thing etc
4) Microsoft drops technology
5) repeat step 1

This has been their standard order of business for decades. Watch for the same thing to happen to "Metro" Microsoft's latest big thing..

With all these things the kid probably started at 6 and got it all wrong rather then claim to be able to understand it at 6. Otherwise I think he's full of shit.

> On top of that, it seems like EA actually takes their customer service seriously.

Bullshit, Origins support is known as the worse. Just google image search "EA Origin support" to see some of the nightmare support people have been getting.

Because it provides community features, achievements and save syncing across computers. It has nothing to do with DRM.

> Steam should merely be a buying platform and nothing more

No it shouldn't because steam does a lot more then just that, it's obvious from your quote that you've never used the system.

It's run by a company that cares more about money then their customers. The fact that the policies are similar is missing the point. If you haven't seen the multiple screenshots of people contacting EA and getting horrible support from origin staff in india then check it out. No one wants that.