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NiveaGeForce
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Comment #17398148
I just happen to be very enthusiastic about hybrid 2-in-1s and pen computing (which most of my comments are actually about), which happens to be best supported on Windows, my prima…
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Comment #17390125
Here is more proof that I'm not promoting for MS https://www.google.com/search?q=niveageforge+pen+issue+site:... I'm the most vocal about this pen issue, that could potentially cos…
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Comment #17388281
But I'm not promoting any company. Most of my comments are just correcting misinformation and explaining why I use Windows. And as you can see on reddit, I heavily criticized MS an…
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Comment #17385589
Also, double standards, since plenty of people post only about Linux, Android, ChromeOS, OSX or iOS and they never get flagged. And yes, genuine non-paid Windows enthusiasts like m…
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Comment #17385110
This is a serious false accusation. Am I not allowed to prefer Windows? All I did was correct the rampant misinformation and bias against Windows that rarely gets challenged. And d…
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Comment #17382943
You don't need the MS Store for 3rd party repositories.
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Comment #17382909
Do you rather trust arbitrary 3rd party Win32 apps, that have free reign to crawl your whole user profile and mess with the integrity of your system? If you're already on Windows 1…
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Comment #17382876
> Giving the party running the store 30% of all revenue is a hard sale to start with. Very soon it won't be 30% anymore. https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/05/07/a-new-mic…
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Comment #17382515
Very soon it won't be 30% anymore. https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/05/07/a-new-micr...
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Comment #17382454
> Its truly amazing to me that installing windows software is still like this It doesn't have to be that way, since there is a Windows/Microsoft Store since plenty of years now. Bu…
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Comment #17364939
I regularly have 30+ tabs open without issues.
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Comment #17364867
There is no need for MS to abandon Edge, especially when OS integration is going to be more important in the near future. Chrome and Firefox are also not as resource efficient on W…
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Comment #17364044
A lot of FUD in that article. > Ok, to clear a little bit of this so it’s not a complete freak out. This WiFi Sense has been known about for a while now and has been in various tec…
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Comment #17363989
I also have a slow 8 year old laptop, and Edge is also the most resource efficient there. That said, Firefox still has the best performance with hundreds of tabs open.
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Comment #17363960
* https://www.windowscentral.com/how-view-and-manage-diagnosti... * https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/windows-privacy-settings/ And even more controls have been added with the rec…
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Comment #17363828
> The most famous example of digital bait and switch was Microsoft’s misguided approach to getting people to upgrade their computers to Windows 10." They got a major upgrade for fr…
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Comment #17363671
Which are the same as the defaults of the host OS. So there is nothing to make a fuss about.
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Comment #17363662
> Cool. Firefox already does, and I can also use it on Linux and Mac. But Chrome doesn't and I don't use Linux or Mac, but if I were primarily using a Mac, I would be using Safari.…
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Comment #17363472
The only thing that matters is that it integrates well and is efficient on the host OS, and that it can sync settings, bookmarks, reading list and stuff between your devices. Edge …
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Comment #17363452
> Something called Edge from Microsoft is available for iOS (where it is a rebranded WebKit) and on Android (where it is a rebranded Blink, IIRC). Why is it a problem that it uses …
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Comment #17363386
And?
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Comment #17363060
Edge is the most resource efficient and respects modern Windows conventions, therefore it has the best, pen, touchscreen, tablet (including share button and stuff) and precision tr…
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Comment #17358277
See here for a continuously updated list of many more games that still bundle this Red Shell Spyware. https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/8pud8b/psa_red_shell...
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Comment #17074158
> Not to put too fine a point on it, but that's nonsense. In PowerShell you pass structured data around instead of globs of text, which is much more maintainable. Using Bash on Win…