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I had a comment massively downvoted in an earlier post about this.

One user claimed I was responsible for destroying the environment, because I said I wouldn’t tolerate the bumps much like I don’t tolerate dead pixels when manufacturers say “It’s within spec!”.

The second user claimed to own the device, and that I was dumb because the bumps “are not noticeable at all”

Congrats Lemmy on slowly turning into Reddit.

unfortunately

Unfortunately? How is encryption by default a bad thing? It’s amazingly good at protecting data from people who wouldn’t even know what encryption is.

The number of lost laptops in coffee shops protected by BitLocker is insane.

remove the password from a Windows account

That used to be true, but no longer works

I agree most motherboards should at least come with 2 or 4 USB-C ports.

That being said, people upgrading all their peripherals happens significantly less often than the PC upgrade itself, and 90% of my current setup relies on USB type A, so if a motherboard (specially mATX) needs to decide what ports to fit into limited space, I’d prioritize USB A for sure.

It sounded like a quick way of making your irrelevant company show up in headlines, and it worked.

This “use a Mac somewhere as a proxy for iMessage” thing has existed at least two times before, and failed for the exact same reasons.

you now they will re-enable that on the next update

I have my own update procedure that I do periodically. I do not rely on Windows Update and nothing gets “re enabled”. Though once I did use Windows Update and nothing came back, so you’re either mistaken or if it actually happened it was one specific update.

And here’s the thing, Ubuntu broke because I updated my system and it created a dependency conflict. You can use Arch, but then you need a lot of time and knowledge to tweak it and make it work - well, if I need that time and knowledge, why not apply it to Windows instead and get perfect software compatibility?

I have 4 computers at home. 3 run Linux. I don’t have “a dog in this fight” but I find Lemmy’s “Windows bad, Linux perfect” instance on every single conversation simply immature, filled with lies and exaggerations, and honestly, part of the reason why I don’t interact with the Linux community as often as I could, even to provide help.

If a user goes on Lemmy and says anything positive about Windows - or explains why they do indeed need Windows and not Linux - they get downvoted to the point of being removed from the conversation.

Are you sure it has no telemetry?

All components that would collect data are removed - my computer doesn’t even connect to Microsoft’s clock syncing server. That being said, my entire network uses NextDNS so I can also tell (and possibly block) all remote connections to servers I disapprove of.

Keep in mind, I’m not talking about using the settings in the installer or the control panel that allow you to “disable telemetry” I mean those components simply do not exist in my system, I have a custom install

I hope you got a backup solution

Reinstalling Windows on another machine?

it must be impprsnt if you’re prioritizing it over yet i software freedom

Yes, getting machines that cost over ten thousand dollars and are crucial for research working is indeed more important than a flawed philosophical attachment to Linux.

But hey, if “software freedom” is so important to you, I’m curious to see how you disabled the mandatory proprietary management engine inside your CPU. And how about flashing that motherboard BIOS with open firmware? Which BIOS recorder chip did you use? Man, it must be so tiresome only using websites whose servers open source their code…

Oh, wait, no, you too use proprietary software on a daily basis. It’s just that the argument only works when criticizing somebody else’s needs right? Gotcha.

No, not really. If you know how to configure Windows, you don’t deal with ads, forced defaults, privacy issues.

My Windows 11 install contains no Edge, no Microsoft update, no ads, no telemetry, and so on. I can set it up in a new computer in less than 15 minutes, too.

There’s no argument here.

I can take a quick walk over my bio lab and find about 6 different machines whose software require Windows.

Some people work, and they care about their work being done, not spending a week masturbating over tiling window managers.

A normal software installation never broke a Windows install in my life.

Explain that to my Ubuntu install that killed itself over a package dependency no longer existing in the repo.

That logic would be valid… Two centuries ago.

These gigantic companies lobbied your government to change how fair use and, most importantly, intellectual property laws worked.

Disney took classic stories in the public domain and made bank on top of them - and used this same money to prevent you from ever doing the same with their content.

So they abused their size to change the dynamic here.

Shame? I do it with pride. I could be a multi billionaire, I’d pirate content with a smile on my face.

Indie stuff? I’ll buy.

Stuff from big studios, companies, publishers and so on? I’ll pirate it, I’ll help my friends pirate it, I’ll pirate it again just as a backup, and I will feel amazing about it.

If you use TikTok on a fresh account to test, you’ll see you’re not quite right. It’s scary just how fast and precise the algorithm actually optimizes for your taste and your political views.

And the boosted content is quite clearly associated with how many people liked it.

There’s no deep conspiracy here.

SMS, the entire protocol, is not secure. It doesn’t matter what app you’re downloading.

It’s Apple. They’ll probably support it, but make messages received look ugly, have missing features, have obtuse issues that aren’t clear to the user, instantly explode a built in fart smell cartridge inside the iPhone whenever someone sends you a message

There’s a difference between enabling encryption in the HD where you store client nudes, versus screaming that people should selfhost all their apps and only use their computers on a RAM disk that filters all traffic through Tor.

Nah, newer content is significantly more costly than older content, specially as Google can simply decide to show ads regardless.

Old YouTube content is what? 480p? 720p at most? They have already re-encoded their entire video library, it’s super efficient. The real storage hogs are the modern 4K, 8K, HDR, 60 FPS video files.

If you want to avoid scalpers, limit how many units a single person can buy, and have very specific contracts with third party vendors. That’s it.

You can’t prevent me from selling my own property, and it’s bizarre to even suggest such a limitation would be in my best interest