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Yes — but there’s a difference: - in one case, Microsoft seizes control from the owner performing unwanted actions that make the machine not function - in the
by zmgsabst 4y ago
Yes — but there’s a difference:
- in one case, Microsoft seizes control from the owner performing unwanted actions that make the machine not function
- in the other case, Microsoft didn’t do anything; people turned off a feature they can turn back on
There’s a difference there important to free society.
- subradios 4y agoYou think of it that way, the customer doesn't.
- zmgsabst 4y agoWhat do you mean? This thread started off with my customer complaint that Windows stops me from using my PC to play games.
- subradios 4y agoHN posters are not my example of a typical customer. The typical customer does not understand what an OS update is, or what it entails. They know "man, my computer freezes" and "man, I keep hearing about this vuln/oh no I got my hard drive ransom'd" Those are the people Windows primarily has to appease, otherwise they have the problems that Linux does.