Where's the fucking anti trust lawsuit US GOV
this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2024
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Also where the fuck is the EU at on this? Having to jump through hoops to use my windows pc is bothersome.
Yes, I'm also a Linux user, no, I don't use Arch.
Why don't you BTW?
It just doesn't work for my use. I can't keep up with it since my linux machine is used sporadically, and I prefer something more stable. I did like the experience when I tried it though.
I was just kidding about the "I use Arch, BTW" meme ;-)
Totally got that, but I like to talk about not using Arch btw
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Bribing the government is cheaper than following any sort of peaky law.
Reforming capitalism is a waste of time. Reforms only delays end stage capitalism, it cannot prevent it.
And here we are... and here we go.
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"Welcome to GoogleWindows. Please lick the screen so we can have your DNA to track you globally. Your 30 minutes of ads will begin shortly while we install our spyware on your device. Thank you from the MicrosoftAlphabet Family."
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🔔Please ~~allow us~~ wait patiently as we fuck your wife pending verification of your identity and biometrics followed by approval of your aggregated digital activities
✅ | ❇️
Noo?! | Yesss
—Microsoft
As if they would ask permission.
We'll be fucking your wife now while we install features on your computer that you didn't ask for. If you'd like to be notified when we're done, please go fuck yourself.
And there would be a clause that says; "We will also reset all the settings you changed that we want how we want. You no longer get to choose computer settings. Opt-in is now mandatory. Please show up at GoogleWindows headquarters to get your advertising ID Barcode tattooed on your writs."
Error!
You must wear your User Attention Validation Goggles ^TM^ during the device initialization period.
Where's the "please drink verification can" greentext when you need it
For privacy reason. local account is the best
For privacy reasons, not using Windows is best.
The only reason I even have a microsoft account is to play Minecraft. Other than that, most of their services have perfectly good alternatives that are a lot better IMO
Minecraft also has an alternative - VoxelLibre
thanks didn't know that
There's also minetest which you can basically build your own game out of
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Microsoft stole my copy of minecraft during the migration. A company I didn't purchase the product from stole it from me.
"Why won't our human assets appreciate being exploited? Creating a worldwide, distributed surveillance network is hard work!"
Why wouldn't you purchase expensive hardware and allow some dudes to use it as they please?
I appreciate all of the privacy and ethics-associated reasons why it is preferable to start a Windows 11 installation with a local account, but if I could just add one more...
When you use a Microsoft account to do so, the operating system still requires a fucking username for the name of your user directory (because a local account must be created regardless, yes,) and all it has to go on is the email address you used to set up your Microsoft account.
A few years ago when I first installed Windows 11 on my home PC, the email address still associated with my primary account was [email protected].
So, what do you think my user account folder was named? You'd probably assume it'd be ihadtopee, right?
No. Through whatever process they set up to decide upon this, Windows 11 came up with ihadt.
Perhaps it makes me a superficial person, but that shit bugs me far more than anything else about the whole thing.
It can be more than superficial. If you're restoring files from your old PC to your new one, it could make a mess of things if the user account is in a different path. Probably not a lot of people write scripts for their windows PC, but those could break.
Sure it would be a janky restore or janky script if it was explicitly specifying the path of the home directory instead of the environment variable. But environment variables have been janky in the past on windows, so it's best to just keep the paths as consistent as possible when migrating to a new system.
Kinda shit they just wouldn't prompt you for what you want your home director called tho.
Also, LOL at your email address.
Im really glad that most distros nowadays are somewhat user friendly
I installed Linux Mint last week. I was waiting until I had a 2nd drive to install it on so I could still have windows if needed.
It was easier to install than windows ever was, and easier to find help to do the things I want. It makes a world of difference when your OS isn't actively fighting you all the time. I even had an easier time connecting to my media tower over the network (which is still on Windows) and accessing its files than I ever had trying to connect to it from a Windows machine.
I haven't touched my windows drive once since I installed Mint and I'm planning on taking it off to free up my SSD.
I'm 6 months into fulltime OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and love it. KDE is amazing. The Steam Deck converted me. Linux users rise.
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Cant have the proletariat conspiring unfed
The accounts started out optional with benefits to entice
They're now mandatory for Home and hard to bypass
How long before they extend this to Pro and Enterprise? To Server? To Active Directory itself?
They're not done yet, not by a long shot.
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