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>> can we do it better? >> can we improve security and robustness? >> can we prevent unexpected interactions between applications? Of course you can. Are the
by kreeben 5y ago
>> can we do it better?
>> can we improve security and robustness?
>> can we prevent unexpected interactions between applications?
Of course you can. Are there incentives, though, for MS to do so?
>> Goals [...] Lack of robustness
Did Windows 11 _have to_ become dependent on users' internet connection? I don't think so.
Are there incentives that would guide MS towards not introducing a complete and utter dependence on the net, thereby making it possible to opt-out from their telemetry?
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoIt should be made illegal for some softwares, such as an OS, to be able to force you to have an internet connection or create an account.
- simonh 5y agoAlmost all devices containing a CPU run an OS. Can none of them, like IOT devices have service based accounts? This would make illegal almost all current consoles as well. I understand your ire at Microsoft but I don’t think massacring huge swathes of the current device ecosystem is proportionate or necessary.
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoYou can have service based accounts. They should just be always optional.
- simonh 5y agoYou have the option not to buy the product. I'm not taking an absolutist stance on this, I think there's scope for regulation of how accounts can or cannot be used and privacy protection of user data. I just don't think eliminating online accounts is practical.
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- iamstupidsimple 5y agoThere is no alternative product.
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoYou also have the option to live in a cave, or to kill yourself. But I don't think we should use them in a reasonable argument.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago> This would make illegal almost all current consoles as well. Good! The inability to play a local game by putting in a disc and playing is enormously stupid, possibly even more than with a general purpose computer.
- Jensson 5y agoI'm pretty sure you can play games on consoles without creating an account on some service, at least in last gen consoles. Did that change with the current gen?
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoThe Switch does work offline, as does the PS5; Xbox X is unclear (different sources give different answers), Xbox S can't (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/set-up-xbox-one-s-offline/bef46812-177a-41fc-af38-9991de210988 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/set-up-xb...). Perhaps I should amend to "would be enormously stupid".
- robertlagrant 5y agoStop making things illegal. Find a smarter way.
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoYeah, let's stop making murder illegal. I'm sure there is a smart startup that can disrupt it.
- robertlagrant 5y agoThis is a category error.
- sitzkrieg 5y agoive been using windows 11 in a vm with no internet with zero problems, i think you are mistaken
- kreeben 5y agoAre you by any chance using Windows 11 Professional, a version my mom, her sister, their brother and 99% of my cousins will not get their hands on, because they are not "pro" users, they are "home" users?