Your music collection has been scheduled for demolition
MSN Music DRM license servers announced for shutdown, threatening purchased songs
The tracker for all of Microsoft's mistakes.
12
days since Microsoft f'd up
161
incidents on record
76
things they broke
56
decisions they made
29
things they killed
21%
of decisions walked back
By the numbers: They eventually fixed 68% of the things they broke. The rest are features now.
The Record
The brown Zune deserved better and got a graveyard
Microsoft retired the Zune brand and music services into Xbox Music
The Start menu went to the farm upstate
Windows 8 removed the Start menu and the Start button
MSN Messenger: 330 million users, one migration notice, gone
MSN Messenger retired worldwide (except China) on March 15, 2013
Games for Windows Live: dead, then alive, then left to rot
Games for Windows Live marketplace closed, leaving purchased PC games at risk
TechNet: retired the day legitimate labs got harder than piracy
Microsoft retired TechNet subscriptions, ending cheap full-product labs for IT pros
Media Center users asked for an update and received a funeral
Windows 10 shipped without Windows Media Center, ending the PC DVR
Microsoft Band: sold through, no Band 3, blink and it's gone
Microsoft Band discontinued quietly, about a year after Band 2 launched
Microsoft tried to retire Paint; the internet RSVP'd for the funeral
2017 "deprecating features" list included MS Paint; backlash kept it
Groove: the third name for the same music store, and the last
Groove Music Pass discontinued; Microsoft exited the music business it entered thrice