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Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by jeppester »

Macha wrote: post #7

It’s quite common for companies to work their way up to the line of the most user hostile version of their product that users will tolerate. Especially with software where they can just go flip a switch and turn off whatever feature did cross the line but keep everything they gained by inching up to the line, which seems to inevitably result in things like the condition of windows 11. I think the only way this gets b…

The only way this get better is if the user gets to choose between an OS with ads, lock-in, telemetry etc. and then one with none of that.

As it is now, buying a laptop in a store is a "pick your poison" situation.

Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by 9dev »

iso1631 wrote: post #45
9dev wrote: post #37

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That was the reason we ditched Slack. I hate Teams with a passion, but we're not going to pay 6k per year for a chat app if we get Teams for free. There's just no way to defend that decision.

We used to have anti trust regulators. We don't now.

We've got a lot of billionaires with a higher balance on their bank accounts though, so you can't say it was all for nothing

Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by SloppyDrive »

wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #39

Windows 11 should run on ANY PC. I am customer and I absolutely hate it that they have restricted the machine that Windows can run on. If they don't fix this sort of anti customer garbage then all their words are pure horseshit.

This is one of the areas that annoy me due to how limp microsoft is with the requirements...

Either give a solid set of requirements that let a dev assume things about a windows 11 system (good hardware security, in particular), or fuck off entirely.

Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by nextlevelwizard »

9dev wrote: post #49
nextlevelwizard wrote: post #41

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I don't know what that first one means. You mean the glass design? Yeah, spotlight has been rough for years, I grant you that. I haven't seen a single ad in my system. Where do you see them?

You're probably an iCloud services user. Try a Mac without an iCloud account - it's nagging you pretty heavily to set it up, get an iCloud+ subscription, use TV and Music and Game Center subscriptions, and so on.

I am not. I don't even have Apple ID.

Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by afandian »

no_shadowban_3 wrote: post #31
nextlevelwizard wrote: post #8

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Beating is a normal English idiom. While I do sympathize with anyone suffering from abuse, I highly doubt anyone is actually suffering from use of the word.

[flagged]

Thoughtful and empathetic use of language is about as far from Newspeak as you can get.

Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by 9dev »

hnthrow0287345 wrote: post #50
9dev wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was the reason we ditched Slack. I hate Teams with a passion, but we're not going to pay 6k per year for a chat app if we get Teams for free. There's just no way to defend that decision.

You can easily defend that for only 6k with 'but we like it and we'll be more productive with it and we won't hate our jobs'

yeah, but that wouldn't be honest. Slack is more pleasant to use, but not 6k more pleasant to use. I'd rather put up with Teams and get my devs a raise instead.

Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by someonenice »

yourusername wrote: post #26
jacooper wrote: post #6

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Macs are too expensive for the same performance/ram, and Linux still can't run proper creative software.

This used to be the case but looking at Macbooks now they are not much more expensive than a Windows laptop you would actually want to buy. And since they will still have some residual value 5 years from now i think it's about even.

This used to be case before the M series. Now each year a new M processor gets released that are "cheaper" than the previous generation MAC - better processor, more RAM and more storage for similar price than last year model. This impacted their price in used market.

Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by spookie »

nunodonato wrote: post #25
jacooper wrote: post #6

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Macs are too expensive for the same performance/ram, and Linux still can't run proper creative software.

are you a creative professional? because I see that argument quite often as if people use Adobe CS daily, and then its mostly people who do basic stuff (that photopea or gimp can handle fine), but they like to feel "pro" by launching their pirated version of photoshop.

I use krita, adobe substance 2024, blender and whatever other software. Professionally.

When I hear these arguments I just think these people are simply chained.

Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by etiennebausson »

mexicocitinluez wrote: post #42
dude250711 wrote: post #21

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I think managers were promoted for infecting their features with Copilot, and developers for infecting them with React, and here we are. OneDrive managers on the other hand are one step away from inventing some way of adding a gacha mechanic.

Blaming React is absurd. Its like blaming the screwdriver instead of the person using it.

He isn't blaming React (or Copilot), but those who used them in context they had no place in.

Re: Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

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Post by hu3 »

no_shadowban_3 wrote: post #2

These flowers smell like shit. If you don't use Linux or MacOS yet, why?

macOS sucks! you need a ton of third party tools and customizations to make it sane for basic things like window management. It's no better than Windows with regards of ammount of tweaking needed for power users.

And it scans every executable and command run and sends a hash to motherbase. I don't know how people put up with this. There's probably some dangerous way to disable that like, let me guess, disabling SIP...

And it sucks at gaming.

Linux on the other hand is great for power users!

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