Microsoft launched a new #DroidRage campaign, encouraging Twitter users to share their Android malware horror stories but it has now backfired. Twitter users have created a #WindowsRage hash tag that is full of users upset by Microsoft's latest marketing campaign.
Actually there's no evidence to suggest that Android is as bad as Microsoft makes out. Google is also making changes to Android 4.2 to include a malware scanner that analyzes "sideloaded" apps for malware threats. With no recent high profile Android malware stories, Microsoft kicked off #droidrage and it has backfired.
Here are the 10 best tweets on #WindowsRage:
- "I once thought about writing malware for a Windows Phone but then I thought, aren't they suffering enough?"
- "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, Microsoft. Windows is the most malware-ridden platform out there."
- "When you don't look good, you don't laugh at others being ugly. Especially when the other guy actually looks better."
- "Yeah, replace two clicks to sleep a PC with swipe and 3 clicks. On Android - one button click. Way to go, Microsoft!"
- "Buy a Windows phone. Plug it into a Windows PC. Can't browse the phone contents in Windows Explorer."
- "I tried to buy a Nexus 4 but the device is so popular to get one! I wish it was less popular like Windows Phone."
- "I was gonna buy a Windows phone, but it wasn't worth the trouble of flashing Android onto it. Plus financially supporting evil."
- "You'll never get Malware from our Windows Store. You'll never find any third-party support either!"
- "Steve Ballmer said 'Android is Malware Prone', few weeks after 16 year old hacked Windos Phone 8."
- "Oh my... Anyone know of an equivalent to "Ctrl + Alt + Suppr" on windows phone?"