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Microsoft deleted all comments on its Windows 11 outreach video

46 points by eysquared 5y ago

brailsafe 5y ago
I suppose this is meant to try and preempt another Windows Vista situation. For people who buy windows machines, this strikes me as a good thing.
- amiga 5y ago
  A good thing for Microsoft marketing?
- pcdoodle 5y ago
  Not true. Windows 11 can run "snappy" on even 10 year old hardware (with a SSD of course). Vista was a case of OEMs building systems with 512mb ram and "thrashing" out of the box due to their own bloat pre installed with the system.
webmobdev 5y ago
The requirement for TPM for Windows coincides with demands by government's worldwide to increase surveillance on online activities of user. Apple devices already have those, and looks likes they are already baking the government mandated surveillance into their OS too - https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1423071186616000513 https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/14230711866160005... ... (Windows has it easy here as it is already a spyware platform, and doesn't try too hard to hide that fact). So it looks like Microsoft's trying to catch up to Apple on the hardware side, and Apple is trying to catch up with Microsoft on the software side - all to better spy on their users. (But ofcourse, it's all in the name of protecting "your" security and to protect "children" /s).
- kota2 5y ago
  Could you please inform me how the requirement or use of a TPM increases surveillance? I am not too informed in this area.
- France_is_bacon 5y ago
  ok, so this means linux for sure now?
joenathanone 5y ago
I wonder how many of the billion PC’s Microsoft likes to brag that are currently running Windows 10 will be eligible to upgrade to 11? The decision to make these requirements mandatory will have a significant environmental and economic impact for Windows users around the world. While Windows 10 will be supported until 2025, that isn’t that long away, and at that time hundreds of millions of computers will stop receiving security updates. I also wonder if in 3 and 1/2 years Windows 10 will become a huge botnet once zero days are discovered and never patched. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/03/16/windows-10-powering-the-world-with-1-billion-monthly-active-devices/ https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/03/16/windo...

46 points by eysquared 5y ago

I suppose this is meant to try and preempt another Windows Vista situation. For people who buy windows machines, this strikes me as a good thing.

amiga 5y ago
A good thing for Microsoft marketing?
pcdoodle 5y ago
Not true. Windows 11 can run "snappy" on even 10 year old hardware (with a SSD of course). Vista was a case of OEMs building systems with 512mb ram and "thrashing" out of the box due to their own bloat pre installed with the system.

webmobdev 5y ago

The requirement for TPM for Windows coincides with demands by government's worldwide to increase surveillance on online activities of user. Apple devices already have those, and looks likes they are already baking the government mandated surveillance into their OS too - https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1423071186616000513 https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/14230711866160005... ... (Windows has it easy here as it is already a spyware platform, and doesn't try too hard to hide that fact). So it looks like Microsoft's trying to catch up to Apple on the hardware side, and Apple is trying to catch up with Microsoft on the software side - all to better spy on their users. (But ofcourse, it's all in the name of protecting "your" security and to protect "children" /s).

kota2 5y ago
Could you please inform me how the requirement or use of a TPM increases surveillance? I am not too informed in this area.
France_is_bacon 5y ago
ok, so this means linux for sure now?

joenathanone 5y ago

I wonder how many of the billion PC’s Microsoft likes to brag that are currently running Windows 10 will be eligible to upgrade to 11? The decision to make these requirements mandatory will have a significant environmental and economic impact for Windows users around the world. While Windows 10 will be supported until 2025, that isn’t that long away, and at that time hundreds of millions of computers will stop receiving security updates. I also wonder if in 3 and 1/2 years Windows 10 will become a huge botnet once zero days are discovered and never patched. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/03/16/windows-10-powering-the-world-with-1-billion-monthly-active-devices/ https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/03/16/windo...