@tante really well-done investigation. the subcontractor visualization was fascinating to me. i was disgusted by how microsoft was the single one whose spokesperson did the research to sound genuine while generally exhibiting the absolute most awful contempt off the record. they are quite familiar with how to handle government regulators who are spread thin by the liberal state's politics of austerity. i am reminded of how the circuit court judge in US v. Microsoft (2001) allegedly referred to microsoft as "worse than imperial japan" at one point