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the move to windows being a service has been a disaster. I swear task manager lists some new useless daemon taking 3% of cpu after every update

by rabbits_2002 3y ago

shiroiuma 3y ago
>the move to windows being a service has been a disaster. No, it hasn't, it's been quite the opposite. The company is more profitable than ever, so much that now instead of saying "FAANG", people are saying "MAANG" or "GAMMA" or some variation. >I swear task manager lists some new useless daemon taking 3% of cpu after every update What's wrong with that? Microsoft isn't paying your power bill, you are. It's not their problem. Are you going to stop using Windows because it's slow and hogging the CPU to show you ads in the home screen?
- bonton89 3y ago
  Microsoft updates are also really bloated. Fortunately, Microsoft was able to solve this problem by implementing a feature so your PC uploads updates to other PCs for them. No need to improve update size, users can just share the cost of the update infrastructure. Microsoft updates were always large but then they found out some users weren't installing updates because they didn't have enough hard drive space since the update process is so bloated. Microsoft innovation solved this as well, they just force reserved 7GB of end users (Microsoft's) hard drive so there would always be room. Mark that one as resolved. These innovations are why Microsoft is such a profitable powerhouse. Maybe Microsoft can install a cryptominer to run on your PC when it is idle and send the money back to Microsoft. It would help pay for the cost of all the improvements Microsoft is always making to Windows. The possibilities are endless.
  - rabbits_2002 3y ago
    >Maybe Microsoft can install a cryptominer to run on your PC when it is idle and send the money back to Microsoft. I think thats what “antimalware service executable” is

the move to windows being a service has been a disaster. I swear task manager lists some new useless daemon taking 3% of cpu after every update

shiroiuma 3y ago

>the move to windows being a service has been a disaster. No, it hasn't, it's been quite the opposite. The company is more profitable than ever, so much that now instead of saying "FAANG", people are saying "MAANG" or "GAMMA" or some variation. >I swear task manager lists some new useless daemon taking 3% of cpu after every update What's wrong with that? Microsoft isn't paying your power bill, you are. It's not their problem. Are you going to stop using Windows because it's slow and hogging the CPU to show you ads in the home screen?

bonton89 3y ago
Microsoft updates are also really bloated. Fortunately, Microsoft was able to solve this problem by implementing a feature so your PC uploads updates to other PCs for them. No need to improve update size, users can just share the cost of the update infrastructure. Microsoft updates were always large but then they found out some users weren't installing updates because they didn't have enough hard drive space since the update process is so bloated. Microsoft innovation solved this as well, they just force reserved 7GB of end users (Microsoft's) hard drive so there would always be room. Mark that one as resolved. These innovations are why Microsoft is such a profitable powerhouse. Maybe Microsoft can install a cryptominer to run on your PC when it is idle and send the money back to Microsoft. It would help pay for the cost of all the improvements Microsoft is always making to Windows. The possibilities are endless.
- rabbits_2002 3y ago
  >Maybe Microsoft can install a cryptominer to run on your PC when it is idle and send the money back to Microsoft. I think thats what “antimalware service executable” is