Comment on You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users

Nindelofocho@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• spudwart@spudwart.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Embrace Extend Extinguish”

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• georgette@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I can’t wait for the eventual warning pop-ups and emails, warning me that my onedrive is almost full (70%)

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  • pirrrrrrrr@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can just say no to the tool and keep using whatever local backup you have.

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• Zetta@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honestly I hope, would be a big boom for Linux which I already use

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This year is the year of Linux, just like every year before it.

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• BlueBockser@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably an unpopular opinion, but I don’t see a problem with subscriptions for commercial software. Fixing bugs and security issues after release is an ongoing effort that costs money, so a one-time purchase isn’t really economically viable in the long run. I honestly wouldn’t feel comfortable using unmaintained software that might contain known but unfixed vulnerabilities.

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  • Nindelofocho@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As someone who advises on and implements software at work that would be sorta ok if these companies charging several thousand a year would actually fix bugs and provide proper support. Zendesk is a pretty big display of this: feature requests lay dormant in their support pages, the only way you can get support is through a chat where the rep will point you to an article you already read most of the time, updates that ever obfuscates settings into a dizzying amount of menus in the admin panel, and so on. All for a minimum of $55 a month per seat if you want email and calling. The issue is costs are sky high for practically no value

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  • letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have you checked how much money Microsoft have recently? Their current model doesn’t appear to be a problem for them.

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    • BlueBockser@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re arguing a completely different point. Windows isn’t Microsoft’s only product by a long shot, so I don’t see how their money (whatever you mean by that, specifically) is the answer here. Also, every few years there’s a new Windows version which again costs money - almost like a subscription with bigger installments at longer intervals.

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• 4am@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Still $129 for the initial license key, too

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• Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You joke but this

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  • sock@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    what do you mean by this

    do u think a cloud pc (with constant server costs) shouldnt be a monthly fee?

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    • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think this is likely the “new only Windows option” in the not so distant future. I think it shouldn’t exist.

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      • OfficerBribe@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And what will be the host from which you will run Cloud PC? Linux, macOS?

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  • Nindelofocho@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ugh ew thin clients that probably will work even worse

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• hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s been a thing for years already for enterprises

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