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[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a "Subscription Edition," "Subscription Type," and a "subscription status."

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@billiam0202

Windows is nothing but a nightmare. It's privacy invasive, uses too much resources, breaks 24 7, has a boring UI, limited customization, more susceptible to viruses than any other OS, etc...

People should just switch over to Linux IMO.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I went full Linux (at home - no choice a work) in 2007. It was painful, though way less painful than it was for the folks doing it in the mid-late 90s. (I took a shot and failed during that time.)

Literally each passing year since then, with what I see at work and in the news regarding Microsoft and Windows, has done nothing but deepen my conviction that it was the right move.

I'm years past trying to convince people who don't care about the technical advantages, but I'm really disheartened to see how the telemetry and privacy concerns, and now the idea of software as a service, is not even a blip on most folks' radar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@be_excellent_to_each_other

Most people don't care about their privacy as long as they have something that works for them and doesn't require a learning curve.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You've just restated the problem, IMO.