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You know… I stopped supporting Windows years ago. I switched to macOS in 2008, but it might as well have been Linux for all my family knew. As the years when b
by kayodelycaon 5y ago
You know… I stopped supporting Windows years ago. I switched to macOS in 2008, but it might as well have been Linux for all my family knew.
As the years when by, it became easier and easier to say I honestly didn’t have a clue how Windows worked anymore. It helps that my nearest relatives are 8 hours away by car.
Eventually they stopped calling for support. They weren’t interested in switching to something I could help with.
I could have been more pushy, but I have enough problems with the world that I don’t have the energy to go on a religious crusade to make people use an operating system that is unsupported by most consumer repair places.
- kafkaIncarnate 5y agoI agree with most of this, but recommending using computer repair shops is a bit sketchy... The smaller ones would have staff that would need the money more than GeekSquad, too, so it's probably all on lock now. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170106/10163236419/fbi-is-apparently-paying-geek-squad-members-to-dig-around-computers-evidence-criminal-activity.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170106/10163236419/fbi-i...
- kayodelycaon 5y agoNot at all surprised. Perhaps it’s better to say, a more widely supported operating system. My relatives have a better chance at finding someone in their church to help them if they use Windows. I’m the only person in my rather wide friend group that has any Linux experience and most of that is with servers.