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I may be old school but I am not keen on paying monthly fees for software that I use. That is part of the reason I refuse to upgrade to Adobe's Creative Cloud.
by johng 12y ago
I may be old school but I am not keen on paying monthly fees for software that I use. That is part of the reason I refuse to upgrade to Adobe's Creative Cloud.
Microsoft can't even keep XBOX live up when someone wants to DDOS it, I don't want software that I'm renting that cant run if their servers are down.
- sejje 12y agoWhat if it can run when the servers are down?
- freehunter 12y agoShoot, it's been how long since Windows XP and they can't keep their own Windows Update servers running properly. All the time I'm sitting at the update screen waiting, waiting, and waiting, then finally it throws an error. I've never been able to leave feedback on the Windows app store. Downloading from Technet was always hit or miss. My Xbox 360 has lost the ability to update, and there's nothing for the error code it's throwing when I search online. Outlook.com has had several major outages since its launch. Even when it's not being DDoS'd, Xbox Live has given a lot of trouble in matchmaking and download speeds. When it comes to online services, Microsoft has never been reliable in my experience. Not then, not now, not ever. When a Microsoft online service works properly, I'm surprised. When it doesn't work, I expect that and I move on. If you know anything about my comment history, I'm not anti-Microsoft in any way. But man their online services really suck when it comes to reliability.
- wlesieutre 12y agoTo clarify the Windows 10 situation, they used some unfortunately vague language when they announced it, but it's not a subscription. The 1-year thing is a limited giveaway period to push Windows 7 users into upgrading quickly rather than waiting.