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Re: Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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Post by tsujamin »

wongarsu wrote: post #14
whalesalad wrote: post #5

Considering retail for the OS is $199 I find it insane the way Microsoft is pushing such a dystopian freemium model on their users. When you buy a new computer with Windows, the manufacturer pays Microsoft for that license too (obj not the same cost as a retail one, but a cost nonetheless) Meanwhile essentially every version of macOS is free (gotta go back a few years to find retail upgrade copies, which are still fa…

> Meanwhile essentially every version of macOS is free If that was true I could download a macOS version to run in my VM. Rather macOS is unavailable, the only way to get a valid license is to buy a machine running MacOS. Which isn't that different from buying a Windows PC. The only reason no money changes hands from OEM to Apple is that Apple makes both the OS and the hardware, and they don't have a reason to pay mo…

You can virtualise macOS (in Fusion) from the installer from the App Store, which is just a .app you can get anyone to download

Re: Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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Post by arnaudsm »

yoyohello13 wrote: post #13

The more people who use Linux, the more software will be available to use. If you are in any way technical, do society a favor and switch to Linux.

Every time I have to help a friend on Windows, I'm horrified by how even worse it got. The ads, bloatware, the performance, the bugs, and user-hostile philosophy.

They have been too big to fail for too long, but their greed will bite them back one day.

Re: Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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Post by throwaway71271 »

FragmentShader wrote: post #24
yoyohello13 wrote: post #13

The more people who use Linux, the more software will be available to use. If you are in any way technical, do society a favor and switch to Linux.

I have to pay my bills today, not whenever the professional software I use gets released on Linux. Also, the Linux experience is so miserable that if Windows were to die, I'd just switch to MacOS tbh.

> Linux experience is so miserable

This is just not true. I switched back to linux recently https://punkx.org/jackdoe/linux-desktop.html and honestly the experience is amazing. I even did dist-upgrade and everything still works, including all my pytorch stuff.

Windows experience is hundreds of times worse.

MacOS is quite good, I would recommend it as well, but don't dismiss linux without trying.

Re: Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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Post by steve1977 »

whalesalad wrote: post #5

Considering retail for the OS is $199 I find it insane the way Microsoft is pushing such a dystopian freemium model on their users. When you buy a new computer with Windows, the manufacturer pays Microsoft for that license too (obj not the same cost as a retail one, but a cost nonetheless) Meanwhile essentially every version of macOS is free (gotta go back a few years to find retail upgrade copies, which are still fa…

I believe $199 would be for Windows 10/11 Pro, not Home.

Which a) you probably don't need and b) actually has better options to get rid of ads etc.

The retail price here for Windows 10/11 Home is around $110.

Mac OS X Tiger for example was also around $129 (but yes, this was a long time ago). Then ago, you obviously already pay premium for the Apple hardware. And maybe also sign up for their services.

Re: Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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Post by dist-epoch »

moi2388 wrote: post #47
dist-epoch wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Europe there is no reason to pay $199. You can buy a second hand Windows 11 Pro license for $10. Office Pro for $25. Despite what many will say, it's completely legal, EU highest court ruled that companies can't forbid the transfer/re-sale of legitimately owned software licenses.

I have never received a single code from any reseller that wasn’t being sold to multiple people, resulting in blocks.

You don't know how to pick the resellers than.

All the legitimate ones guarantee that the license will work and they will replace it for free if you have any problems with it.

There are big online computer shops which also resell licenses. They have names, addresses, thousands of customers. If you have a problem with a second-hand license bought there you can make a consumer complaint to the authorities.

Re: Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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Post by qwerpy »

klabb3 wrote: post #33
FragmentShader wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have to pay my bills today, not whenever the professional software I use gets released on Linux. Also, the Linux experience is so miserable that if Windows were to die, I'd just switch to MacOS tbh.

Genuinely curious to what makes it miserable. I mostly love my basic Ubuntu setup (and especially compared to the clown show that is modern Windows), and although I’m a software engineer I am neither particularly good at nor have any interest in tinkering with my Linux setup. It mostly just works (except for distribution of apps outside of the package manager - that sucks!). That said, I’m on desktop - I think anythi…

I wouldn't say miserable, but there are sharp edges that don't exist in Windows or MacOS. I've been steadily getting annoyed at Windows so I've started trialing my steam deck as a desktop replacement when I travel. It's mostly fine. But the lack of ability to set scroll wheel speed across the entire OS annoys me every time and after weeks of trying to find a solution, I've learned way more than I should need to about mouse drivers and Wayland and libinput, and I still don't have an acceptable solution to it. Many others have had this issue and each component blames the other for some idealistic reasons. The users don't care. They want to have a mouse experience that just works.

These edge cases are annoying to test and fix and you have to pay smart people to grind out the time to do it. You need program managers who coordinate across teams to drive a solution. This is why linux hasn't solved it after all these years. The smart people would rather work on cool new features.

Re: Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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Post by tracker1 »

inversetelecine wrote: post #48
tracker1 wrote: post #7

And every article like this just convinces me that switching my personal desktop to Linux a couple years ago was the right choice. I do wish that Affinity or another PS competitor had a good Linux or at least WINE support. Seems to be one of the greater gaping holes imo.

We need more professional software for Linux. I can't switch my work PC because Autodesk, Bentley and Dassault products to name a few. Personal machines that just run Firefox and things like handbrake or VM stuff, linux works great.

Yeah... I've found that we've definitely crossed the point where inlaws/grandma can use Linux (if they don't have to service/install themselves) as a daily driver.

Professional apps definitely need work... as I mention, would be nice if a few would at least put a little effort into WINE testing and/or support in order to broaden use. Not even fully porting to Linux. This won't work for all apps, but so many have what are likely minor changes to get compatibility up.

Re: Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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Post by [deleted] »

mydriasis wrote: post #28
FragmentShader wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have to pay my bills today, not whenever the professional software I use gets released on Linux. Also, the Linux experience is so miserable that if Windows were to die, I'd just switch to MacOS tbh.

When was the last time you tried it?

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Re: Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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Post by falcolas »

madeofpalk wrote: post #52

> Welcome to Ghacks! Consent Management > We and our [165] partners place cookies, access and use non-sensitive information from your device to improve our products and personalize ads...

Definitely a bit of hypocrisy here. "Company X makes money from ads and that's anti-consumer!" "We make money from ads and that's good."
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