^This. I can tell every time my pc updates by the fact that nothing ever works correctly anymore.
Literally just downloaded video drivers yesterday due to this, and I have the vast majority of auto updates turned off for windows… Every update moves me closer to switching Os entirely.
Don’t do it. Can wholeheartedly say fuck startups, especially if you’re not an expert in your field.
YMMV but they’ve been an extreme version of the horrible crap that goes on in corpos; ex layoffs because why keep your senior devs when someone newer is much cheaper and the company only has a few millions untill next round of funding.
If you’re just trying to figure out if it’s worth it, why not use the 1 month trial/ friends pass for the Microsoft games pass? It’s on there and how I played it.
Because doing crap like this is how the rich avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
And yes running it a loss is a legitimate thing:
That’s just an off the cuff example, obviously it can be a little more complicated depending on the jurisdiction