Any product that is poorly designed, easy to hack, bloated, annoying to use, laggy, full of unwanted features, or prone to frequent malfunction.
Not always necessarily a Microsoft product or even any kind of software.
Not always necessarily a Microsoft product or even any kind of software.
“Sorry I’ll be a little late to the meeting, Teams is being a Microsoft product again.”
“That new game I got off Steam last month crashed five times while I was trying to play it. What a Microsoft product.”
“My new bike’s frame has already started to bend and break like the Microsoft product it is.”
“That new game I got off Steam last month crashed five times while I was trying to play it. What a Microsoft product.”
“My new bike’s frame has already started to bend and break like the Microsoft product it is.”
by Shepherd Guy March 14, 2025
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by grok2 May 9, 2025
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"You Just Got Microsofted"
(verb)
When a company gets so dominant and cocky that government regulators slam them with antitrust lawsuits, lawsuits, restrictions, or public humiliation — just like Microsoft in the late '90s.
(verb)
When a company gets so dominant and cocky that government regulators slam them with antitrust lawsuits, lawsuits, restrictions, or public humiliation — just like Microsoft in the late '90s.
Examples:
“Bro, Nvidia locked AI devs into CUDA again.”
→ “Oh damn… they’re about to get Microsofted.”
“Apple’s gatekeeping USB-C till the EU forced ‘em.”
→ “Classic Microsofting.”
“Bro, Nvidia locked AI devs into CUDA again.”
→ “Oh damn… they’re about to get Microsofted.”
“Apple’s gatekeeping USB-C till the EU forced ‘em.”
→ “Classic Microsofting.”
by Brokugeta May 28, 2025
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(verb)
When a company gets so dominant and cocky that government regulators slam them with antitrust lawsuits, lawsuits, restrictions, or public humiliation — just like Microsoft in the late '90s.
(verb)
When a company gets so dominant and cocky that government regulators slam them with antitrust lawsuits, lawsuits, restrictions, or public humiliation — just like Microsoft in the late '90s.
Examples:
“Bro, Nvidia locked AI devs into CUDA again.”
→ “Oh damn… they’re about to get Microsofted.”
“Apple’s gatekeeping USB-C till the EU forced ‘em.”
→ “Classic Microsofting.”
“Bro, Nvidia locked AI devs into CUDA again.”
→ “Oh damn… they’re about to get Microsofted.”
“Apple’s gatekeeping USB-C till the EU forced ‘em.”
→ “Classic Microsofting.”
by Brokugeta May 28, 2025
Get the Microsofted mug.When an important person in Microsoft decides to release unimportant feature updates to their operating system and stuffs the system with bloatware. (microsofting)
by person who is ordinary June 30, 2025
Get the microsofting mug.When a previously good product or service becomes worse due to corporate acquisition, poor integration, conflicting priorities, or the influence of a larger company's bureaucratic approach to product development.
"Ever since the partnership started, ChatGPT totally got microsofted - it's just not the same anymore."
by Itsanamune July 14, 2025
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A passionate, dedicated fanbase that sustains content through community devotion, operating independently of mainstream approval. Microstreams can form around films that were commercially successful but critically dismissed, critically acclaimed but commercially ignored, or works that resonated deeply with specific communities, regardless of broader reception. These audiences value and celebrate content based on their own cultural experiences and tastes rather than dominant cultural gatekeepers.
A passionate, dedicated fanbase that sustains content through community devotion, operating independently of mainstream approval. Microstreams can form around films that were commercially successful but critically dismissed, critically acclaimed but commercially ignored, or works that resonated deeply with specific communities, regardless of broader reception. These audiences value and celebrate content based on their own cultural experiences and tastes rather than dominant cultural gatekeepers.
Both "I Like It Like That" (authentic Latino experiences valued by community regardless of critics) and "The Lost Boys'"(mainstream hit with lasting fan devotion) have thriving microstreams that keep them culturally alive decades later.
by FilmForAll September 3, 2025
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