Submitted 1 day ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.neowin.net/news/adguard-is-yet-another-app-to-block-windows-recall/
Ok, seriously, just use Linux. I know how it sounds, but I’d say a majority of people use a computer to use a web browser. Guess what? We browsers have always worked and been native with Linux.
Problem is, it’s not a passion for most people and they just want to buy something and get on the internet. While they exist, you can’t exactly go to Best buy and buy a new computer running Linux.
But really, if you have hardware that works well with it, it’s a dream.
Guess what? We browsers have always worked and been native with Linux.
We???
No I don’t want Linux or any other OS. I perfectly know my way around with Windows and so many of my regular tasks depend on tools made for Windows. I have used Linux desktop in the past and have many friends and co-workers who use it as their main OS, but it’s just not for me.
Besides of course this recall stuff gets blown way out of proportion like every time Microsoft makes a bad move. All of my computers don’t even support recall and when they eventually do, I’ll just disable it in one of like four possible different ways.
so many of my regular tasks depend on tools made for Windows. Ok but the OP is taking about people who just use their computer for browsing the internet, so how is this relevant?
I just wanted to note that the 2nd paragraph made me downvote, the first one iust made me roll my eyes
It’s not JUST about recall, but whatever.
What’s been your favourite version of Windows?
I will when either Nvidia supports it fully or AMD releases a GPU that can keep up in the ray tracing department.
Also, HDR support in Linux needs to get a lot better. Then and only then will I switch.
Those seem like niche things to hold on to. A 5090 should work just fine under Linux, what feature do you use that isn’t supported? Also a 9070 XT is capable of doing ray tracing. You don’t always have to have the absolute most powerful card.
I don’t have an HDR monitor so can’t say how well it works in Linux, but you can survive without HDR. Is a better lighting contrast that big of a deal?
A friend of mine just installed CachyOS Desktop Edition (plasma) and I brought up the HDR calibration in windows, thinking that was something linux still didn’t have. Turns out at least some DEs (i think thats a DE thing?) do have decent HDR support now. I still want RTX features tho.
I’m run Nvidia since before I started using Linux. Sometimes waking from sleep doesn’t work, other than that I have zero issues. Ymmv of course.
Funny thing is, on my laptop there’s an issue with Linux and browsers. Any video or animation, even little animations, runs at like 3fps. This makes using a browser virtually impossible.
Everything else works well, but that just doesn’t make Linux an option for me right now. I tried a variety of browsers and distros. It’s really frustrating. It’s not even a bad laptop, Lenovo Legion 5 pro RTX3060.
Or . . at this point, if you don’t have a very good reason to keep using windows, (eg: work, professional software unavailable on linux/through wine), just stop making concessions for windows and use Linux.
How about just blocking Windows instead?
I think it’s likely that Microsoft will start turning it on by default, and resetting it with updates for people who have opted out. Much like they did with edge and Cortana, intentionally making it harder to choose not to use it.
More programs actively blocking it will make that harder, but I wonder how many will stick to their guns when pressure by Microsoft.
I suspect that Microsoft will ratchet up the pressure to force it on people as the gen AI bubble pops, an attempt to force an increase in demand for their overbuilt GPU data centers.
Yup, that’s how they operate…
Oh come on, you think it’s not in the OS itself with no ability to disable it? AdGuard is not going to necessarily help the fundamental issue here.
Mark my words: They’re going to feed your screenshots into an AI eventually, then try to make an operating system that you don’t need a mouse for.
One that does everything people do on computers (the basic stuff anyways). That’s their goal here; AI OS.
Nothing private about Windows recall. It makes your computer usage into their training data.
They’re going to feed your screenshots into an AI eventually, then try to make an operating system that you don’t need a mouse for.
Or they’re going to feed them to the first fascist who asks. With or without a warrant.
This is the way of the world, but only because people are allowing it. I will never understand “I’m too lazy to care about my privacy”, which undermines our security way more than we even know.
The worst part is that, no matter how some of us care and do something about our privacy, the ones that we interact with that don’t care still expose us to all this BS. Until the world changes it’s mindset, this will not change, and only get worse (I’m not holding my breath for people to care though).
Im so glad I finally made the jump to linux. For anyone still on the fence about it, do it. It’s so easy to switch, I’ve been using Kubuntu for a few weeks now and I have had maybe one issue with playing games, and it was solved by changing the Steam compatibility layer version.
When I switched, I installed a fresh (debloated) Windows instance on another SSD just in case. You know how many times I’ve used it? ONCE, and it was only be cause a buddy wanted me to try a game that had anticheat (I think Rocket League). Other than that I’ve had no reason to use it. There’s a decent replacement for just about every Windows software out there, and if I ever come across a need for software I can’t run on Linux, I’ll just use the Windows instance for it. Other than that Microsoft can suck it. They’re not getting any more of my info.
Now if only I didn’t just get a new Android phone, I’d swap over to a de-Googled phone…
What phone model is it? You can probably unlock the bootloader and install a de-googled rom, or get root access and de-google it yourself.
It’s an S25, and I bought it mysel lol, I don’t to mess it up. My plan is to deal with it for a year, then buy a pixel for cheap and throw Grapheneos on it. If I screw up the pixel I at least have a backup.
“Opt out of” or disable/block?
To me, “block” or “disable” seems like it blocks/disables the feature machine-wide, when it just says “pretty please, make me black after you take that screenshot”.
forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 2 hours ago