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The OS automatically downloading HP crapware is already bad enough even if I had one of their printers. But this is a new low. It's sad how the most popular de
by soraminazuki 3y ago
The OS automatically downloading HP crapware is already bad enough even if I had one of their printers. But this is a new low.
It's sad how the most popular desktop operating system sees users as nothing more than targets for exploitation. It wasn't this bad even in the EEE days.
- starbugs 3y ago> To be clear, not all users are affected. Our test Windows 10 PC was far too busy suggesting that we should take a look at Copilot to bother with the HP Smart app nonsense. The author seems to agree.
- gumballindie 3y ago> Our test Windows 10 PC was far too busy suggesting that we should take a look at Copilot I suspect that's because copilot adoption is low - to no surprise since it errors often and steals people's code.
- Maken 3y agoThe issue is not if the software is bad or good.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoYou likely aren’t even referring to the right product. Microsoft 365 Copilot is not GitHub Copilot, but good on you for getting your snark in.
- bayindirh 3y agoThe GP is correct though. It steals your code.
- slowmotiony 3y agoAnd it does error quite often
- bayindirh 3y agoI don't know. I don't use it. I'm not even using GitHub for my primary software development.
- chalsprhebaodu 3y agoYou need a GitHub account but you don’t need to use GitHub otherwise (e.g. for source control) in order to use Copilot.
- treyd 3y ago> It wasn't this bad even in the EEE days. This phrasing seems to imply that we are no longer in the EEE days.
- intelVISA 3y agoThis is late stage EEE, or the fabled final 4th E: Exploit.
- fransje26 3y agoM̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶u̶l̶a̶r̶ desktop operating system Most used desktop operating system. There, fixed it for you.
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- jug 3y agoIt’s apparently a bug. Now, the QA on Windows Update is another topic.
- pjmlp 3y agoThere is no QA when the team is no longer around, and devs are supposed to make up for it. https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/3s14un/just_a_reminder_that_one_year_ago_microsoft_fired/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/3s14un/just_a_remi...
- MichaelZuo 3y agoIt seems they mostly gave up caring about software quality?
- pjmlp 3y agoAs someone that got burned with the whole WinRT stuff, and eventually returned to distributed computing, I would say they still care, but only on the products that give them money. Windows nowadays doesn't give them money, at least not enough to really care, Azure, XBox, Office do. I wouldn't be surprised if WSL2, with enough work, eventually grows up to be Xenix 2.0.
- soraminazuki 3y agoI get that, but an innocent bug is hardly the issue here. It's the job of the operating system vendor to provide a good experience by ensuring that common hardware works without having to install any additional bloatware. Instead, MS is forcing whatever crap hardware vendors made down the users' throat.