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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    I really doubt they’re wasting time astroturfing a Linux community on Lemmy.

    A bots (not human) time is very easy to waste, and if your product is having problems right now, one of the first things corporations would do to protect their profits is to try to reshape the narrative away from the problems, from the negative final spotlight on your product.

    And finally, as I've linked before in this conversation, Microsoft has a long history of using FUD.

    You’re not going to convince hardcore devotees with a meme.

    They're not directed just towards the 'hardcore the devotees', they're also directed at the person who's considering moving, who's trying to do some research about it, and does searching about it, and then finds the memes/communities.

    Stopping potential switchers before they switch is a powerful thing to do to preserve your products/profits.

    And if you do these memes/messages often, and if they send a certain message/narrative, you would definitely introduce FUD into the people who would consider moving to Linux.

    Pay attention to the meta.