LOL m$ acting like little bitches again!

[stj]

https://www.ghacks.net/2017/04/28/mi...7-and-8-1-pcs/

[Topcat]

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I havent updated a PC since the ass-shoving of W10.....the sky hasn't fallen.

[stj]

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the sky fell for some when secureboot got adopted!

[diif]

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There is a workaround that was released a week before the article. Its on github.

[Topcat]

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There is a workaround that was released a week before the article. Its on github.

I don't think that's the point.....there should have never been a need for a 'workaround'.

[stj]

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exactly.

[eccerr0r]

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I was starting to pity M$ a bit after apple and google eating their lunch, but after seeing stuff like this, let them starve.

[goontron]

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after seeing stuff like this, let them starve.

That bit i agree with... The feeling bad for them because of Google/Apple, not so much. M$ toppling has been a long time coming!

[diif]

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$23.56 billion revenue by Microsoft this quarter. They are far from toppling or starving and probably don't give two shits about those holding onto 7 and 8.1..

[eccerr0r]

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The feeling bad for them because of Google/Apple, not so much. M$ toppling has been a long time coming!

I don't agree with this. google and apple are worse from the core compared to M$ because they have "phone home" devices from the start, built in advertising, plus you don't get admin access in the default install. M$ is just following suit seeing the advantages the phones have in user tracking - and I'm sure they'd love to also rid your admin access too so that they can do the same privilege separation that phones enjoy.

Except that this completely breaks the way that PCs historically work. I cannot understand why people let themselves get controlled by ios and android when they complain about what M$ does with PCs, and since people think android/ios is "ok" to have built in advertising, M$ thinks it's OK to put it in PCs too. This is wrong of course, but they're fighting for the ad revenue if they can't get OS revenue anymore.

I have to admit that Linux would have never happened without M$, because the hardware would have never been standardized enough to allow Linux to run on pretty much any x86 machine you can find.

[eccerr0r]

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$23.56 billion revenue by Microsoft this quarter. They are far from toppling or starving and probably don't give two shits about those holding onto 7 and 8.1..

Yep, exactly, hence they feel entitled to do this to kill off 7/8.1. Userbase is too small and dying.

[dmill89]

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Yep, exactly, hence they feel entitled to do this to kill off 7/8.1. Userbase is too small and dying.

While I agree MS doesn't care about anyone still on 7/8.1, the size of the user base has little to do with it (at least for 7), 7's market share is still at around 50% of computer users (not just windows), while 10 is only around 25%.
https://www.netmarketshare.com/opera...10&qpcustomd=0

[eccerr0r]

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I should clarify, users still paying them $$$.

They don't make money from win7/8.1 so they don't exist, as far as M$ is concerned... OR their SHAREHOLDERS.

[retiredcaps]

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I'm so glad I switched Linux 3 years ago.

Now that I'm done my taxes, I can put away my Windows 10 machine until April next year. The tax software I use runs on Windows. I tried WINE and while it works, it requires a lot of time and effort to get the right combination. Just easier to use a Windows 10 machine for a week to do solely taxes and nothing else.

[retiredcaps]

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My android devices all have throw away accounts (userid and passwords) with no banking, email or other sensitive information. It is solely used for light games, education and GPS.

[eccerr0r]

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My android devices all have throw away accounts (userid and passwords) with no banking, email or other sensitive information. It is solely used for light games, education and GPS.

But you think it's OK with a throw away account.

I think it's not OK even with a throw away account.

[goontron]

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I cannot understand why people let themselves get controlled by ios and android when they complain about what M$ does with PCs, and since people think android/ios is "ok" to have built in advertising, M$ thinks it's OK to put it in PCs too. This is wrong of course, but they're fighting for the ad revenue if they can't get OS revenue anymore.

Hence why my phone runs GNU/Linux, Not Dalvik/Linux/Android. Sailfish is well alive my friends!

[Stefan Payne]

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https://www.ghacks.net/2017/04/28/mi...7-and-8-1-pcs/

Look the Interview from Barnacley from Eli the computer guy.
That was very interesting.

Long story short:
Employees loved/adored Bill Gates. Even Steve Ballmer.

But the Nadella he can't say anything good about. And that might be the problem. That the CEO does know shit about what he's doing. And ruins everything. Like Hector Ruiz did with AMD...

[Stefan Payne]

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apple

Seen the PoS Macbook 2016 edition?? THe one where they got rid of the magsafe charging port. And soldered the SSD to the board...

[goontron]

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Seen the PoS Macbook 2016 edition?? THe one where they got rid of the magsafe charging port. And soldered the SSD to the board...

The one that drops off the WIFI when you use USB?