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My problems with microsoft really aren't around their security practices (these days). It's more around the ads in the start menu, the telemetry they send, and
by ByteJockey 6y ago
My problems with microsoft really aren't around their security practices (these days).
It's more around the ads in the start menu, the telemetry they send, and their tendency to reset my telemetry settings around updates.
I don't feel like I'm in full control when I'm using a computer running windows. Which, y'know, is probably fine for 95% of computer users, they want more of an appliance than a general computing experience.
- webmobdev 6y ago> I don't feel like I'm in full control when I'm using a computer running windows. Yes, they've started imitating macOs / ios and have even gone beyond what Apple does in blatantly turning Windows OS into a spyware.
- Daho0n 6y agoRunning an .exe in Windows on a slow internet connection doesn't slow down Windows,so they are not there yet.
- lukegb 6y agoIt does if it has to go through the Windows Defender check. Enough that sometimes I end up launching the same thing multiple times because I get gaslit into assuming I haven't launched it.