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Remember when Crowdstrike crashed half the computers on the planet for a full day? Well, if you do, you're one of the few, because people are still using Crowdstrike, and the stock is still doing well overall.


It’s still one of the best antimalwares on the planet.


Thank you for reminding me of the phrase "damning with faint praise"


That’s a phrase like “the most enjoyable cancers” or “the quietest seagulls”


The only one that has 100% protection rate: indeed you can't get any malware if you can't turn on your PC.


That's fair. In fact, you might say that for a competently set up fleet of computers, nothing beats it.


Which means, people don't care. Is this a sign of a cultural shift to the idea that sometimes things don't work and that's fine?


I'm guessing there are surveillance features (I don't know) and companies put up with it for that reason.




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