Where did you get the idea that Microsoft caused REM? All I said was they followed similar trajectories.
You think the radio, tv, live concert and record industry made billions selling a product people were only pretending to like?
There’s a lot to be explored in the social currents of the 80s-90s and the business of the music industry but you’re not going to get there from that angle.
Noone suggested Microsoft caused REM. I agreed with you that their separate rises happened to have similar trajectories, your observation was interesting, and I suggested there's not much to it beyond a loose correlation.
You think the radio, tv, live concert and record industry made billions selling a product people were only pretending to like?
There’s a lot to be explored in the social currents of the 80s-90s and the business of the music industry but you’re not going to get there from that angle.