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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More?
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:25:03 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-04-17, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2025-04-17 03:51, RonB wrote:
>> On 2025-04-16, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2025-04-16 08:40, RonB wrote:
>>>> On 2025-04-15, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-04-15 00:20, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:41:07 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's almost as though [Microsoft are] turning the [Windows] operating
>>>>>>> system into a beta.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See my entire thread “Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues”.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to be as objective as possible in referring to Windows, but
>>>>> the reality is that there are significant problems with continuing to
>>>>> use it even if you're sold on their product(s). Anyone with an AMD
>>>>> laptop is not going to have a satisfactory experience as a result of the
>>>>> fTPM stuttering. Anyone who buys movies and TV shows or subscribes to a
>>>>> streaming service and intends to watch content on an external monitor is
>>>>> not likely to be happy that the monitor shuts off as a protection
>>>>> against piracy. If the constant updates taking a long time don't bother
>>>>> the user, they might be annoyed that these updates introduce new folders
>>>>> or bugs that they are asked to simply ignore. If all of the above isn't
>>>>> bothersome, the user might be annoyed that the system slows down or
>>>>> becomes unstable because the system files managed to corrupt on their
>>>>> own requiring an SFC or DISM repair. If nothing else, people might get
>>>>> annoyed that their personal photos and videos get locked out because of
>>>>> some 0-day the company managed not to protect against or because of bit
>>>>> rot. At some point, people need to admit that such things are no longer
>>>>> acceptable in 2025 and move on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eventually, the amount of compromises you need to make to use Windows
>>>>> outweighs the amount of sacrifices you make by moving away from it.
>>>>
>>>> And now it looks like Microsoft's Recall is back (after a backlash forced
>>>> them to can it about a year ago). Supposedly yo have to "opt in" this time,
>>>> but who trusts Microsoft to keep their word or not change the license
>>>> agreement down the road?
>>>>
>>>> https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/
>>>
>>> I can imagine Recall being offered on machines which bundle a processor
>>> specifically to handle AI demands. However, anyone who doesn't purchase
>>> such a computer shouldn't be forced to have it running on their machine.
>>> Either way though, I'm with you: I don't believe that Microsoft will
>>> keep it disabled by default. I am convinced that they would rather slow
>>> down the machines of those who don't have such a processor and extract
>>> more private data than respect the wishes of their users. If there were
>>> ever a time to consider a migration to Linux, this would be it. Both
>>> Apple and Microsoft have demonstrated that their data collection is a
>>> higher priority than our privacy.
>> 
>> Big Brother needs to be fed more and more information. Can't have "thought
>> crimes" going unpunished.
>
> The worst part of this is that they will insist that our data, whether 
> personal documents, photos or browsing history, be stored on their 
> cloud. Meanwhile, to gather and keep that information, they will need to 
> build humongous facilities necessitating their own power plants. With 
> each nuclear facility they will build to accomplish that, they will only 
> make their nations weaker since there will suddenly be so many more 
> vulnerabilities for a foreign nation to target. To say the least, this 
> won't end well. I can only hope that the people will rise up and reject 
> this tyranny before any of that happens, but I have no faith in the 
> people's ability to see obstacles three feet ahead of them.

As far as I can, I am rejecting it. I eschew AI and refuse to store anything 
important in any cloud. (I do upload some files so others can download them, 
like screenshots or short screencasts but these are not important files to 
me.) 

-- 
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien