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>But what about people who aren't average users and do know how to look after their machines properly? Callous as this may sound, what about them? As technica
by GrumpyYoungMan 10y ago
>But what about people who aren't average users and do know how to look after their machines properly?
Callous as this may sound, what about them? As technical professionals, you know as well as I do that we have to design for the worst or average case, not the best case. Put another way, wearing a seatbelt is mandated by law, no matter how good a driver one is.
And don't get me wrong; I find the additional restrictions on consumer versions of Windows 10 to be tremendously irritating too. But that doesn't change anything.
- Silhouette 10y agoIt seems likely that most of the user base of Windows 7 Pro is in that category. It's the version you get as a power user or small business, when you need more flexibility and control than the Home version offers but you aren't big enough for Enterprise and all that comes with it. So even the average user of Windows 7 Pro probably is technically competent and probably does have good reasons for using that version. Obviously Microsoft can choose to shaft those people anyway. After all, what are they going to do, sue? However, in doing so, it's going to further alienate a substantial and influential part of its user base. There are going to be consequences for that in the long term, or possibly even the not-so-long term if they start bundling essential security updates with other potentially undesirable things very soon as part of this exercise.