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It is 800 euros for 8 GB device, no thanks, especially in coutries where many dream of getting 1000 euros a month.
Its $600 in the states. $500 if you are a student. What is a cheaper but good enough alternative in your opinion?
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It is 800 euros for 8 GB device, no thanks, especially in coutries where many dream of getting 1000 euros a month.
Dozens of youtube video reviews showing that the 8GB is not really a limitation for what most people need to do with the laptop. Heck I saw a review where the guy played minecraft on it with 20 rather hefty tabs in safari open, without any stuttering. So what is the actual limitation of a neo, and how to they apply to users in that price class?
Microsoft loves sending emails with "Action required" in the subject, when actually no action is required, or it doesn't apply to you, or whatever. Such corporate speak. It's fun searching your email for "Action required" and finding all the things you were supposed to do and it turns out didn't need to do anything about.
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> At this point people will move to I think most people just don't care about their computer. Most people just use whatever they are told to use at work.
Most people are just accustomed to pain because they don’t know it could be different
Asking someone to install Signal is already the end of the world, trying it sounds like starting a PhD. I'm not even talking about thinking about using it as a replacement for WhatsApp.
Really, people just don't care. Which I find sad, of course.
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I think it's just like in software in general: most software is bad, but it doesn't mean that all software is bad and unnecessary. Most security is done badly, but it doesn't mean that security is unnecessary. But I agree: TooBigTech has TooMuchPower.
> But I agree: TooBigTech has TooMuchPower. Passkeys are here to improve your login security! All you have to do is give complete control over your ability to log in to a service to one of three American big tech companies. Yay!
Many times, people choose TooBigTech. People are generally waaaay too lazy to even consider spending some brain cycles on that.
Suppose a developer account, say that associated with VeraCrypt, had been compromised and the compromiser knew or feared they were unable successfully pass verification.
The compromiser could be exploiting their access to modify the product in profitable but fairly benign ways (say making VeraCrypt part of a botnet that didn't do any damage to the host beyond consuming some resources). However, if they got a message saying "Your account will be suspended in 12 hours if you do not pass verification", the compromiser would know that their profit would/could drop or go away. In response, they might push out one last "mandatory auto install" update with a nuclear bomb (perhaps with a delayed trigger) to just do malicious damage to hosts out of spite.
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> But I agree: TooBigTech has TooMuchPower. Passkeys are here to improve your login security! All you have to do is give complete control over your ability to log in to a service to one of three American big tech companies. Yay!
Or you spend 5 minutes reading about them and use a passkey you actually own? Many times, people choose TooBigTech. People are generally waaaay too lazy to even consider spending some brain cycles on that.
[1] "To be very honest here, you risk having KeePassXC blocked by relying parties." https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10407#iss...
More examples here https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/2025-12-17-yep-passkeys-sti...
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Even if they did, it didn't work.
As the strongest OS advocate who has not ran Windows in a quarter century and is posting this over a Wireguard link; the is some double standards here. A corporate VPN vender who did not ensure they received all notifications from Microsoft regarding a certificate that effectively let's them root millions of computers would be a strong signal of concern.
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As the strongest OS advocate who has not ran Windows in a quarter century and is posting this over a Wireguard link; the is some double standards here. A corporate VPN vender who did not ensure they received all notifications from Microsoft regarding a certificate that effectively let's them root millions of computers would be a strong signal of concern.
It goes both ways. Probably both parties are partially to blame here. But it is clear that this corporation did not provide a sensible support channel for such an important project to resolve the situation quickly.