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● 04.28.23

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●● No More Microsoft-Branded Peripherals After the Massive Layoffs

Posted in Hardware, Microsoft at 1:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

As usual, they pretend to still have something instead (like the time they shut down all the Microsoft stores and decided to spin that as “moving online”)

Image: Microsoft-made mice and keyboards aren't going away, but the Microsoft brand name is. The company told The Verge that it will stop selling Microsoft-branded keyboards, mice, and other accessories following a series of layoffs that affected its hardware division. The company will refocus its efforts on higher-end Surface-branded keyboards and mice, which represent just a tiny fraction of all the accessories Microsoft currently sells.

Image: Microsoft’s webcams are being discontinued. Image: Microsoft

Summary: In spite of the epic (but very typical, in Gates-funded publishers) Microsoft spin, one of their old cash cows is going away; what’s left at the company anyway? The hardware units are all down sharply (about -30% in the past year)

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