▲ 558 ▼ Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 128 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] johnthedoe@lemmy.ml 81 points 3 years ago (2 children) MS screwing us with software. Apple screwing us with hardware upgrades. Linux out there taking all survivors permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Wait what's apple been up to? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 30 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Broadly: Constructing their hardware so it's impossible to repair or upgrade by anyone but them (or at all), then lobbying against any attempts to legislate the 'right to repair'. Check out the work of Louis Rossmann for details. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh I thought this was something new they were doing. Same old shit they've always been up to. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 years ago My favourite is making the nvme drive accessible, but soldering the actual memory controller to the mainboard, so this ability to swap the drive is utterly useless to us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 years ago Well the latest development is that Apple is now going to support the current right to repair bill in California, but people are rightfully suspicious that they're going to get some loopholes written in or otherwise neuter the bill. An article: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They actually support right to repair laws. The joke is that they will make their hardware so difficult to repair that they are the only ones who can do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago Only very recently, and people are rightly suspicious of their motives: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago LOL what are they not up to? To put it very succinctly: they want to control you and your very expensive hardware that you buy from them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gk99@beehaw.org 12 points 3 years ago (4 children) Linux suffers from being a patchwork of hobbyists updates, corporate additions, and patchy distro support. When it comes down to it, if you have an issue, you either have to solve it on your own or hope and pray the elitists on StackOverflow are in a good mood. Honestly, every OS kinda sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Nefyedardu@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) "Patchwork" sounds like a good way to describe Windows as well. Or at least it was when I was a Windows 10 sysadmin and there were two different settings menus to do everything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thrift3499@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Control panel and Settings, right? It got on my nerves as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Don't worry, MS is planning to fix that soon I've heard. They're just going to get rid of control panel and continue to dumb down Settings permalink fedilink source parent [–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago Apple and Microsoft support aren't exactly awesome, either, unless you're a big business with deep pockets. At least with Linux, the system is open, so if there is a way to solve my problem, someone has almost certainly found it already and added it to Arch Wiki or Stack Overflow or something. permalink fedilink source parent [–] regalia@literature.cafe 3 points 3 years ago Yet almost every os in the world relies on some sort of "hobbyist" updates. Including windows. permalink fedilink source parent [+] dontcarebear@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Wait what's apple been up to? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 30 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Broadly: Constructing their hardware so it's impossible to repair or upgrade by anyone but them (or at all), then lobbying against any attempts to legislate the 'right to repair'. Check out the work of Louis Rossmann for details. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh I thought this was something new they were doing. Same old shit they've always been up to. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 years ago My favourite is making the nvme drive accessible, but soldering the actual memory controller to the mainboard, so this ability to swap the drive is utterly useless to us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 years ago Well the latest development is that Apple is now going to support the current right to repair bill in California, but people are rightfully suspicious that they're going to get some loopholes written in or otherwise neuter the bill. An article: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They actually support right to repair laws. The joke is that they will make their hardware so difficult to repair that they are the only ones who can do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago Only very recently, and people are rightly suspicious of their motives: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago LOL what are they not up to? To put it very succinctly: they want to control you and your very expensive hardware that you buy from them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 30 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Broadly: Constructing their hardware so it's impossible to repair or upgrade by anyone but them (or at all), then lobbying against any attempts to legislate the 'right to repair'. Check out the work of Louis Rossmann for details. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh I thought this was something new they were doing. Same old shit they've always been up to. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 years ago My favourite is making the nvme drive accessible, but soldering the actual memory controller to the mainboard, so this ability to swap the drive is utterly useless to us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 years ago Well the latest development is that Apple is now going to support the current right to repair bill in California, but people are rightfully suspicious that they're going to get some loopholes written in or otherwise neuter the bill. An article: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They actually support right to repair laws. The joke is that they will make their hardware so difficult to repair that they are the only ones who can do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago Only very recently, and people are rightly suspicious of their motives: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Oh I thought this was something new they were doing. Same old shit they've always been up to. Got it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 years ago My favourite is making the nvme drive accessible, but soldering the actual memory controller to the mainboard, so this ability to swap the drive is utterly useless to us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 years ago Well the latest development is that Apple is now going to support the current right to repair bill in California, but people are rightfully suspicious that they're going to get some loopholes written in or otherwise neuter the bill. An article: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 years ago My favourite is making the nvme drive accessible, but soldering the actual memory controller to the mainboard, so this ability to swap the drive is utterly useless to us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 years ago Well the latest development is that Apple is now going to support the current right to repair bill in California, but people are rightfully suspicious that they're going to get some loopholes written in or otherwise neuter the bill. An article: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They actually support right to repair laws. The joke is that they will make their hardware so difficult to repair that they are the only ones who can do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago Only very recently, and people are rightly suspicious of their motives: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 years ago Only very recently, and people are rightly suspicious of their motives: https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/apple_california_right_repair/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago LOL what are they not up to? To put it very succinctly: they want to control you and your very expensive hardware that you buy from them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gk99@beehaw.org 12 points 3 years ago (4 children) Linux suffers from being a patchwork of hobbyists updates, corporate additions, and patchy distro support. When it comes down to it, if you have an issue, you either have to solve it on your own or hope and pray the elitists on StackOverflow are in a good mood. Honestly, every OS kinda sucks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Nefyedardu@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) "Patchwork" sounds like a good way to describe Windows as well. Or at least it was when I was a Windows 10 sysadmin and there were two different settings menus to do everything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thrift3499@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Control panel and Settings, right? It got on my nerves as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Don't worry, MS is planning to fix that soon I've heard. They're just going to get rid of control panel and continue to dumb down Settings permalink fedilink source parent [–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago Apple and Microsoft support aren't exactly awesome, either, unless you're a big business with deep pockets. At least with Linux, the system is open, so if there is a way to solve my problem, someone has almost certainly found it already and added it to Arch Wiki or Stack Overflow or something. permalink fedilink source parent [–] regalia@literature.cafe 3 points 3 years ago Yet almost every os in the world relies on some sort of "hobbyist" updates. Including windows. permalink fedilink source parent [+] dontcarebear@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nefyedardu@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) "Patchwork" sounds like a good way to describe Windows as well. Or at least it was when I was a Windows 10 sysadmin and there were two different settings menus to do everything. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thrift3499@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Control panel and Settings, right? It got on my nerves as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Don't worry, MS is planning to fix that soon I've heard. They're just going to get rid of control panel and continue to dumb down Settings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thrift3499@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Control panel and Settings, right? It got on my nerves as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Don't worry, MS is planning to fix that soon I've heard. They're just going to get rid of control panel and continue to dumb down Settings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Don't worry, MS is planning to fix that soon I've heard. They're just going to get rid of control panel and continue to dumb down Settings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago Apple and Microsoft support aren't exactly awesome, either, unless you're a big business with deep pockets. At least with Linux, the system is open, so if there is a way to solve my problem, someone has almost certainly found it already and added it to Arch Wiki or Stack Overflow or something. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] regalia@literature.cafe 3 points 3 years ago Yet almost every os in the world relies on some sort of "hobbyist" updates. Including windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] dontcarebear@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent