Microsoft called out for anti-Google merch
Mugs, t-shirts and hats bearing Google Chrome logos and assertions that the search company steals users’ data may be doing Microsoft more harm than good.
Wired has similar issue with it, calling the move “pathetic”:
It also seems half-hearted. The Scroogled products are definitely an official Microsoft offering, but they’re not featured prominently anywhere else on the website. In fact, I couldn’t even find a way to find the Scroogled section without plugging in the URL to access it directly. That, in a way, makes it even more disagreeable–an insult muttered instead of shouted.
Indications are that this campaign doesn’t have company-wide buy-in:
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