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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/

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