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Microsoft United: The Players Have All Become Like Cones for Windows Ads

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 10, 2024

Only a few weeks since a lot of the world stopped because Windows would not even boot

Microsoft United

Tempting to use the "master"-"slaves" terminology, except this time it actually would seem racist. What happened to football? What happened to United?

Microsoft United

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