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>Windows 10 is the maximum intrusion people are willing to take. HN commenters have a habbit of massively overestimating how important this is to normal users.

Grimeton 2y ago
The level of espionage has been dialed up in many products like TVs, phones, Windows and so on over time. So more and more people are becoming aware and realize they don't want to be spied on. So it's becoming more and more an issue of public interest. So at least one commenter on HN underestimates how important this has already and will become in the future for normal users.
smrq 2y ago
I've heard nothing but gripes about Win 11 from distinctly normal users. Like, the kind of user that calls me panicking because they can't find a file, because they got the Explorer search and directory bars confused and typed a search term into the wrong one. It's the users that are least able to disable all this shit who are understandably most upset.
exsomet 2y ago
The other day my decidedly non-technical accountant was complaining about how (to use his word) “gross” copilot felt with regard to recall tracking everything you do. I was immediately reminded of the story of Joe Kennedy and the Shoeshine boy: https://www.pitzlfinancial.com/blog/ode-shoeshine-boy https://www.pitzlfinancial.com/blog/ode-shoeshine-boy > As the story goes, Joseph was walking around when he decided to sit down for a shoeshine. While polishing his shoes, the young worker gave Joseph some of his favorite stock picks. When Joseph heard the shoeshine boy giving out stock tips, he figured the party was about to end, and it was time to get out of the market. Windows has always gotten a healthy dose of derision from the tech community, but now it’s starting to come from people who have never had any reason to care about computers before, beyond the convenience they offer. Now that they do, I am not sure that it’s good for Windows.

Grimeton 2y ago

The level of espionage has been dialed up in many products like TVs, phones, Windows and so on over time. So more and more people are becoming aware and realize they don't want to be spied on. So it's becoming more and more an issue of public interest. So at least one commenter on HN underestimates how important this has already and will become in the future for normal users.

smrq 2y ago

I've heard nothing but gripes about Win 11 from distinctly normal users. Like, the kind of user that calls me panicking because they can't find a file, because they got the Explorer search and directory bars confused and typed a search term into the wrong one. It's the users that are least able to disable all this shit who are understandably most upset.

exsomet 2y ago

The other day my decidedly non-technical accountant was complaining about how (to use his word) “gross” copilot felt with regard to recall tracking everything you do. I was immediately reminded of the story of Joe Kennedy and the Shoeshine boy: https://www.pitzlfinancial.com/blog/ode-shoeshine-boy https://www.pitzlfinancial.com/blog/ode-shoeshine-boy > As the story goes, Joseph was walking around when he decided to sit down for a shoeshine. While polishing his shoes, the young worker gave Joseph some of his favorite stock picks. When Joseph heard the shoeshine boy giving out stock tips, he figured the party was about to end, and it was time to get out of the market. Windows has always gotten a healthy dose of derision from the tech community, but now it’s starting to come from people who have never had any reason to care about computers before, beyond the convenience they offer. Now that they do, I am not sure that it’s good for Windows.