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I've been saying the writing was on the wall for a long time. Any time someone says how easy it is to simply avoid MS account registration I've argued that it's
by technion 2y ago
I've been saying the writing was on the wall for a long time. Any time someone says how easy it is to simply avoid MS account registration I've argued that it's not going to last much longer.
Even Microsoft's current Storage Spaces Direct won't let you start a locally hosted Hyper-V VM without an Azure connection.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoWhat if there's an outage or somewhere you don't have reliable internet?
- Teever 2y agoThen this isn't the operating system for you.
- mhuffman 2y ago>Fuck people that live in very rural areas! -Microsoft, apparently
- Springtime 2y agoReminds me back at the Xbox One launch where notoriously an employee arrogantly said that always online DRM is fine and defended it when pressed by saying why would anyone want to live in an area with unreliable internet. He left Microsoft after the backlash.
- Hojojo 2y agoWas it Don Mattrick, the head of Xbox at the time who left Microsoft two months after unveiling the Xbox One? https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/e3/a489371/microsoft-exec-don-mattrick-no-internet-stick-with-xbox-360/ https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/e3/a489371/microsoft-e... > Microsoft executive Don Mattrick told GameTrailers in an interview that was filmed just before E3 that he understood why some people are frustrated at their policies. > "Fortunately, we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity," he said. "It's called Xbox 360. > "If you have zero access to the internet, that is an offline device."
- Springtime 2y agoIt was Adam Orth (aka 'Sweet Billy') but clearly others shared similar views. Sony capitalized on the larger always online controversy with a low budget ad poking fun at the concept[1], which was great marketing. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA
- technion 2y agoIf you're running Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct/AzHCI and there's no internet for an extended period you can't start on premise servers.
- throwaway48476 2y agoRecently Sony PSN was down for days because of a DDoS. Centralizing failure points is always a bad idea.