Maybe they are acknowledging that no one uses it anyway.

Is Microsoft doing this as some kind of a "favor"? Besides, who uses the crappy apps/App Store anyway? Publish Windows Phone for apps for free! Oh yeah, there's Android and macOS.

I suspect so. Jassy only grew Amazon a paltry 19% since he became CEO in July 2021 (about 4 years ago). Even AI could do better than that. Shareholders deserve much better ROI.

Someone pays, but Andy won't RTO after that slip.

Reports depicting the grueling work conditions in Amazon warehouses, especially during seasonal sales, have continually dogged Amazon. Workers report long hours, timed bathroom breaks, surveillance of work productivity/speed, intense isolation from others, physically demanding quotas, and other difficult conditions to work under. These working conditions take a physical and mental toll on the workers, who are often treated more as a data set or a robot than as humans. Amazon’s troubling labor abuses aren’t limited to their warehouses either. Amazon’s corporate offices have their share of toxic workplace cultures too. A 2015 expose on Amazon’s offices described an office that prioritized productivity and efficacy over all else, pushing their employees to physical, mental, and emotional limits. One employee was sent on a business trip the day after a miscarriage; another was put on a “performance improvement plan” while struggling with breast cancer. Employees shared experiences such has having their personal and working lives monitored, demanding work schedules, and a competitive workplace culture where employees were encouraged to sacrifice themselves – and their coworkers – in order to advance.

Whoever can pay for the "best" lawyer wins, and I suspect that will be Amazon. Cash trumps rights.

Well, Amazon apparently doesn't care according to these legal cases filed with the EEOC and NLRB. HR will just retaliate against the employees that complained in order to save the company. The policies will stay until the next management shakeup. Even if Amazon gets fined $10M, that's chump change. They can raise the price of Prime to offset whatever lawsuits, and have consumers pay instead.

What if one day... Andy Jassy slips on the floor in his cozy office, breaks his hip, develops complex regional pain syndrome, and requires speech therapy. Will he be making daily trips to his office or.. ?

How do you know that ALL of them worked in the office?

What if the disability doesn't involve the use of a wheelchair? Vision impairment, Learning disabilities, Physical disability, Autism, Traumatic brain injury, Hearing Impairments, ADHD, Intellectual disability, Epilepsy?

1Password7 has a local password store. The later versions are subscription-based ripoffs of Bitwarden and don't run standalone.

Might have to pirate 1Password7 and get its older Chrome extension. Otherwise Bitwarden does the same for free.

So many states, rules, interpretations. Sometimes it's worth getting a lawyer, but it might not even matter once an affected worker slips into another job.

Reduction in Financials. Time to fire Brian Olsavsky. Taking the easy way out.

Well, this crap company pays $500K/yr to SDE's with 10+ years experience. Many other companies aren't far below that. Each have their own issues.