So... we about 5 years out from a Linux desktop, right?
The current stochastic curve reaches it's maximum rate of change in some 15 years. At 25% of the computers.
Linux has been following it very well.
Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
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Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Gaming was Windows' last bastion Not by a long shot. Windows-only enterprise software (QuickBooks, SolidWorks, etc.) is the last bastion, and that bastion is going to hold for a long time.
QuickBooks is now mostly a website, we ditched the client-side app a few years ago. But yeah, SolidWorks is notoriously flaky. It doesn't even work OK in a Windows VM. Or on any modern Laptop with discrete GPU.
>QuickBooks is now mostly a website, we ditched the client-side app a few years ago.
QuickBooks Online is missing so many features of QuickBooks Enterprise that they probably shouldn't even share the same name. Many places I've consulted for are locked-in to Enterprise.
They also conveniently void your support if you use a VM, despite VMs working fine.
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#63Microsoft are conducting a massive experiment to find just how badly you can treat locked in consumers before they switch. They are plumbing the depths so well it is legitimately hard to imagine what new madness they could come up with next.
This happened recently with price gouging disguised as inflation as well. It seems to be a common business tactic for corps at over over a certain size.
It’s not about size. Maximizing profit without losing too many customers is a major focus of business education.
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#64I will not use Windows 11 with that feature present.
Regular screen captures are a completely unacceptable intrusion.
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#65Microsoft are conducting a massive experiment to find just how badly you can treat locked in consumers before they switch. They are plumbing the depths so well it is legitimately hard to imagine what new madness they could come up with next.
This happened recently with price gouging disguised as inflation as well. It seems to be a common business tactic for corps at over over a certain size.
When companies dominate a market, even with a few competitors, collusion and price gouging often follow. Weak antitrust enforcement has enabled these practices, limiting competition, inflating prices, and stifling innovation.
This not only harms consumers but also holds back economic growth. Strengthening antitrust policies could curb monopolistic behavior, promote fair pricing, and restore market competition.
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#66I intend to fully support System76: https://system76.com/cosmic and their new Cosmic Desktop environment!
Their laptop offerings look amazing. I hope they have some ARM options available in the future!
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
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probably most people in the world using a computer for work or school...
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
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Terminally HN brained
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#69“Can’t be uninstalled” and “not optional” aren’t the same thing. This headline implies users won’t be able to prevent recall from taking screenshots of what they are doing. I don’t believe that’s true.
I'd be more comfortable with it if MS didn't have a long and well documented history of overriding user settings via patches to turn on features that users had explicitly turned off. If MS wanted people to trust them to honor settings, they shouldn't have ignored settings for decades.
settings are just preferences, and preferences change
everyone knows if you want to stop something from happening you use group policy
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
They already tried that with the XBox One Kinect. That one did backfire quite hard.
That was then, this is now. Everyone abandoned Digg because of a level of censorship that modern reddit makes look benign.
If censorship is the problem, why hasn't reddit been abandoned for no-censorship alternatives?
Are things not all sunshine and roses and a million flowers blooming in them?