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I noticed the same thing. However, I trust MS less now than in the 90’s. Back then, I felt like the owner of my machine. Sure they had bad things like IE but I
by FredPret 5y ago
I noticed the same thing. However, I trust MS less now than in the 90’s.
Back then, I felt like the owner of my machine. Sure they had bad things like IE but I could just ignore it.
Now, it restarts itself and installs updates despite me specifically trying to stop it.
It’s a shame really because I really enjoyed Win 10 and even Bing doesn’t suck completely.
Thank goodness for competition and the new M1 laptops! Now Apple just needs to launch a good search engine and get Numbers to where Excel is and I can wave goodbye to both MS and Google.
- wongarsu 5y agoI trust Apple more than Microsoft, but if you want to feel like you own the machine Apple is much worse.
- freediver 5y agoHmm where do you get that from? I own a 2003 iMac G4 and do not feel Apple owning it 1%. And my latest iPhone can work without any Apple services if I choose so (I don't because they are actually great). If I am locked in the Apple eco-system it is by choice, not by design.
- FredPret 5y agoReally? I've never had a Mac, but I have all the other gadgets and I love them. Would it interrupt a running process to restart itself? I've had Python scripts (ML, data analysis) running locally overnight on Windows, only to come back to a restarted computer. Not fun.
- jppittma 5y agoThis is true on the iPhone, but I feel ownership of my Mac. It's just a unix box. I turned off tpm and have skhd and yabai installed, which is close enough to DWM/i3 for me. I wish they'd offer better out of box support for X, but this is honestly good enough