NiveaGeForce
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Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Also, double standards, since plenty of people post only about Linux, Android, ChromeOS, OSX or iOS and they never get flagged. And yes, genuine non-paid Windows enthusiasts like me do exist, and I shouldn't feel ashamed of it.
There is a perpetual hostility towards Windows users on this site, maybe you should address that first.
Comment · 8 years ago
This is a serious false accusation. Am I not allowed to prefer Windows? All I did was correct the rampant misinformation and bias against Windows that rarely gets challenged.
And do you really think someone working for Microsoft would post something like this? https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/7of68m/surface_pro...
Comment · 8 years ago
You don't need the MS Store for 3rd party repositories.
Comment · 8 years ago
Do you rather trust arbitrary 3rd party Win32 apps, that have free reign to crawl your whole user profile and mess with the integrity of your system?
If you're already on Windows 10, at the very least embrace UWP to get some control over your privacy.
Comment · 8 years ago
> Giving the party running the store 30% of all revenue is a hard sale to start with.
Very soon it won't be 30% anymore.
https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/05/07/a-new-micr...
> Linux package management works like an app store with an official source and the ability to add whichever sources you choose. A search of available packages shows results giving sources the priority set by the user. Updating the system updates packages from 3rd party sources same as others.
There exist 3rd party package repositories on Windows too.
> On windows nothing much is on the store mostly because people don't want to give Microsoft 30%
There is plenty of stuff in the MS Store. https://youtu.be/GCVhmKVRkk0
All my software, except for some dev tools and some games are from the MS Store.
> on Linux charging 30% is downright impossible because people would trivially publish an alternative source instead.
Steam is on Linux and charges 30%.
> Basically your cure is worse than the disease and since Microsoft wont fix the situation in a reasonable fashion so the only solution is to move off their platform.
Microsoft already provided a fix, called UWP.
Comment · 8 years ago
Very soon it won't be 30% anymore.
https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/05/07/a-new-micr...
Comment · 8 years ago
> Its truly amazing to me that installing windows software is still like this
It doesn't have to be that way, since there is a Windows/Microsoft Store since plenty of years now.
But then you have gamers and game devs spreading FUD about UWP and the the MS Store, while they praise 3rd party platforms like Steam and GoG that actively refuse UWP apps in their store, while allowing Spyware like this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/8pud8b/psa_red_shell...
Yet, nobody dares to hold those platforms responsible.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/8sg294/16_studios_re...
> The long term solution is to get off the platform.
No, the long term solution is to embrace the MS Store, or at the very least modern platforms like WinRT/UWP that would prevent most types of malware attacks.
Why do we still accept the violation of the principle of least privilege in this day and age?
Comment · 8 years ago
I regularly have 30+ tabs open without issues.
Comment · 8 years ago
There is no need for MS to abandon Edge, especially when OS integration is going to be more important in the near future. Chrome and Firefox are also not as resource efficient on Windows, which his especially important on battery powered Windows devices. Same as on Mac OS, where you use Safari, if you value your battery life.
Also there will be new mobile Windows devices very soon. https://www.windowscentral.com/upcoming-microsoft-hardware-w...
Comment · 8 years ago
A lot of FUD in that article.
> Ok, to clear a little bit of this so it’s not a complete freak out. This WiFi Sense has been known about for a while now and has been in various tech preview builds. Plus Windows Phone. Second thing is that WiFi networks are not shared by default. I just checked this on my Surface Pro 3. The WiFi Sense service is indeed enabled by default, but you must specifically pick which of your saved networks get shared. Non of your saved WiFi networks are shared automatically without your knowledge. When you connect to a new network, there will be a check box you can select to share the network after connecting. It is not checked by default. The Outlook, Skype, and Facebook friends are checked by default, but that only means that they are enabled for sharing. You still have to pick which networks are shared first. Also WiFi Sense needs you to grant it permission your Facebook first before any sharing takes place. I hope this clears some of this up a bit. The article made it seem like this is a huge deal to freak out about when it’s really not.
Comment · 8 years ago
I also have a slow 8 year old laptop, and Edge is also the most resource efficient there.
That said, Firefox still has the best performance with hundreds of tabs open.
Comment · 8 years ago
* https://www.windowscentral.com/how-view-and-manage-diagnosti...
* https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/windows-privacy-settings/
And even more controls have been added with the recent Spring Update.
I'm the most vocal about this pen issue, that could potentially cost MS billions of dollars if they need to recall those devices. I once posted a pen issue thread that got banned from /r/Microsoft once. https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/82ilso/the_worka...