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• SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah I’d like a source too because what they said makes no sense. The immature way they responded to criticism of someone they hired is a good reason to be turned off of the pi, no need to actually make up something ridiculous.

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  • Adanisi@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think they’re referring to that one time they installed a Microsoft repo on Raspbian without permission.

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    • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thanks, that makes more sense. According to an article on ars it doesn’t actually install anything so I don’t see their problem. All they have to do is comment out the line or just use a different distribution.

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      • Adanisi@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I think the main problem is just screwing with the system like that without permission. I mean, I know I was pretty pissed off when I found a Microsoft repo in my sources one day. It’s not like it was a standard update or anything.

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      • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It was removed a month later anyway. Now VSCode can be installed through the main repo.

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      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        For the overwhelmingly paranoid, there is one further possibility: if Microsoft were to make packages available in its repo with the same names as packages in the standard raspbian.raspberripi.org repository specified in /etc/apt/sources.list, it could override the “real” system packages with others of its own making.

        I love the “overly paranoid” label, when you’re talking about a repo than can alter “real system packages”.

        In what world is this OK?

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      • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=303549

        arstechnica.com/…/raspberry-pi-os-added-a-microso…

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=303549

    arstechnica.com/…/raspberry-pi-os-added-a-microso…

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    • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Explain how adding a Microsoft repo that doesn’t actually install anything is the same as giving Microsoft access to your device?

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      • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        OK if i must…

        The raspberry pi came preinstalled with a Microsoft developer tool, which resided in a Microsoft controlled repo.

        Now Microsoft has root access to your system, whenever you make any kind of upgrade, and can change dependencies for that tool to anything in their repo. Basically granting a third party control over your raspberry pi.

        The worst is that it’s very difficult to prevent, you may look up guides to prevent Microsoft repo, and even these solutions have shortcomings.

        arstechnica.com/…/raspberry-pi-os-added-a-microso…

        On top of that, this enabled telemetry which is borderline illegal in EU.

        It also means you ping Microsoft with every use of your package manager, granting Microsoft very useful information on a competing OS, plus giving them information you may not wish to give them.

        You may consider all these issues as non issues, but I do not.

        Thank you for downvoting me to oblivion for being informed. 🤔

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• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=303549

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• Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ha! I mean yeah Micro$oft is bad but honestly, VScode is so useful. Unless you’re a Vim hardcore VScode is the way to go imo.

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