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China Switching from Windows to Linux (www.linux-magazine.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Kudos to them for removing Microsoft Store. Absolutely hate Microsoft for obvious other things but them forcing their built-in stuff by only being available from store is BS. More of a problem in Win11 than Win10 but I hate Micro$oft nonetheless.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago*

    The other day I had to play a 4k video on a factory-reset Windows10 laptop, and upon loading the video with Windows' new default Media Player, I got shown a missing codec popup, which led to a PAID codec download page of Microsoft Store for HEVC/H.265 (which cost about €1, dunno if price changes by region).

    It was bewildering. Of course I downloaded VLC immediately and everything was great there, but the whole store just feels like a scam to me.
    I tried to gather more information on this and even more bewilderingly, I came across this subreddit and this post...
    https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxsucks101/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxsucks101/comments/1u89lmu/windows_users_can_still_get_or_use_hevc_h265/

    it's quite a read if anyone's interested.

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