This article is weak-minded propaganda.
Microsoft's Software is Malware
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#122You'll have a hard time finding any believer in any religion who would admit to the biases in their beliefs.
Do the anti-GNU, anti-FOSS advocates of proprietary software ever see theirs? The facts presented in the submission are being largely dismissed without cause.
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#123I was just casually checking and looks like they have a page for Apple too..ha
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#124I had the opportunity to try Windows 10 last week. I was surprised to find that Windows now has pop-up advertisements for Office and Bing embedded in the OS itself that recur during day-to-day usage and cannot be dismissed. That seems wild to me. Also, contrary to opinions that I have heard on HN and elsewhere on the web, Windows 10 is typical poor quality Microsoft software, not one of the "good" Windows like XP and…
> I was surprised to find that Windows now has pop-up advertisements for Office and Bing embedded in the OS itself that recur during day-to-day usage and cannot be dismissed. Where are these? I use Windows 10 at home and work, and what you're referring to doesn't ring a bell at all. I already have Office on both machines though, so that may explain one portion.
I confirm that Windows 10 shows advertisements to install Office. They appear as small popups in the notification area of the toolbar. This was on a fresh upgrade of a Windows 8 machine.
In task manager I found a running program (which I can't recall the exact name of but the purpose was obvious) that was for posting ads to install Office. I searched for the name and found instructions for uninstalling it.
I don't know if there are others or not. I only ran Windows 10 for a few hours to check it out.
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#126> "Microsoft cut off security fixes for Windows XP, except to some big users that pay exorbitantly." XP has had longer support than any Linux distro out there (aside the rolling release ones, but that's a little different). I know this submission is intended to be biased, and I do honestly favour Linux over Windows anyway. But surely FUD like the above is so painfully transparent that it only undermines the credibili…
Lets not forget that Windows XP is a commercial product, for which people paid money and that was the only reasonable choice for about 8 years, the gap between the release of XP and that of Windows 7 (Vista was a flop due to poor drivers). In these 8 years a lot of companies and individuals bought computers and then stayed on XP because (1) Windows upgrades cost money, (2) compatibility issues and (3) fear of upgrade…
Vista was a flop because of OEM marketing inadequate hardware as supporting it.
I had a reasonably competent machine, and Vista worked great on it from the day I switched (summer '07, only a few months after it released).
Making the comments others have said about your choice to exclude Vista as a viable option even stronger.
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#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
One more thing, Microsoft is a hypocrite. Microsoft employed a number of marketing campaigns to smear Google. They even went so far as to hire Mark Penn, a political smear campaign hitman, to carry out their plans. Now that we know all of the nefarious activities Microsoft has been up to and tried to conceal from the press their actions are even more despicable. From breaking into their users accounts and rifling thr…
What hypocrisy are you referencing? I'm not really questioning the veracity of your list of items, to be clear. I just don't see anything that fits the definition of hypocrisy.
Microsoft accused Google of spying on you and invading your privacy in a number of failed PR campaigns. It was then discovered that not only was Microsoft spying on you, but they took it to the next level with their links with the NSA, their invasion of a user's email and storage accounts and the built in spyware embedded into Windows 10.
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#128You'll have a hard time finding any believer in any religion who would admit to the biases in their beliefs.
Do the anti-GNU, anti-FOSS advocates of proprietary software ever see theirs? The facts presented in the submission are being largely dismissed without cause.
These things are dismissed because they are dismissible.
For example, the article says:
> Windows 10 sends identifiable information to Microsoft, even if a user turns off its Bing search and Cortana features, and activates the privacy-protection settings.
And links to an Ars Technica article. If you follow this link, you will find that it says nothing of the sort: Windows 10 doesn't send identifiable information to Microsoft as far as this article is concerned.
This is just yet another FOSS fan talking about things they seem to be to arrogant to even try to understand, towards a crowd they don't really know.
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#129I had the opportunity to try Windows 10 last week. I was surprised to find that Windows now has pop-up advertisements for Office and Bing embedded in the OS itself that recur during day-to-day usage and cannot be dismissed. That seems wild to me. Also, contrary to opinions that I have heard on HN and elsewhere on the web, Windows 10 is typical poor quality Microsoft software, not one of the "good" Windows like XP and…
The positive opinions of Windows 10 on HN were, for the most part, postings from Microsoft "reputation managers" to create hype and positive spin for the product.
http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/06/16/2327213/microsoft-r...
https://www.linkedin.com/job/microsoft/online-reputation-man...
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Reddit-Xbox-One-Reputation-...
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1fv5yj/i_saw_micros...
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#130And after reading that, let's take a deep breath and think about Android. From my personal opinion, it's not better than and maybe worse : - Obligation of having a G+ account. Disable it is NOT straighforward at all and it will try to recreate himself often. - Personal content publicly uploaded/displayed in G+ account I had the bad surprise, and few friends also to see that the photos taken with my android phone were…
Yes, let's talk about Android. First, let's try and get a few things correct before we talk about it.
1. There is no need for a Google+ account. Why you would say this makes me wonder if you even use the platform.
2. You don't even need a Google account and can use the phone without one.
3. Getting back to the Google+ account. If you don't want one or would like to delete your existing one then there's a simple way to do it.