• MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world
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    Microslop: “We don’t want you running Windows locally anymore.” Okay. (Installs Linux) Microslop: “WAIT NO THAT’S NOT WHAT WE MEAN”

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    I don’t understand, we had this in the 90’s and it didn’t work then. No company or user wanted their whole desktop to be offsite.

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    This is why all internet connected devices all the time is bad. It only leads to this. Should be focusing on how to do things offline as much as possible.

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    I wouldn’t mind if the whole company just crashes and burns. I can’t think of anything worthwhile they released in recent years. All they have done is make every consumer product worse. Windows, Office, Xbox… all shit now.

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      Xbox 360 started off as shit when it didnt have backwards compatibility. Scummy. Not that sony is much better but their BC is unmatched.

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    The article speaks of a “Windows 365 suite of productivity apps” but that doesn’t exist.

    There is the “Microsoft 365” suite of office apps, and there is the “Windows 365” offer of a Virtual Machine as SaaS.

    It seems the thing that went down was the former and the ill timed announcement concerned the latter.

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    Streaming cloud PC

    Now you just need this $500 device that’s about as powerful as a $75 Roku to stream a virtual PC to your home. You will store all of your data on the cloud where you and everyone else can access it, you will own nothing and we will sell your data for profit. All for just $19.99 a month.

    Your PC as a service!

    As a bonus, when one persons account is hacked then everyone’s data is exposed! By agreeing to use our service you waive all rights to sue or reclaim any data. You get to pay a monthly fee for accessing your private data, what could be better!

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      And if you do something we don’t like, we’ll lock you out of your account and all of your data without any recourse!

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      It‘s really depressing how predictable enshittification has become. Everyone already hates what is coming but its happening regardless.

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        Everyone already hates what is coming but its happening regardless

        This is wrong and that’s the main issue. Most people don’t hate it, they are mostly indifferent and some may even think its a good thing. Most won’t notice any difference.

        They actively thank Google for keeping their entire location data (maps timeline), why should it be any different with microslop keeping their files “safe”

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          Problem- humanity is stupid and lazy, and parents dont teach their kids any better because they dont know how.

          There’s no solution. It will be idiocracy mixed with running man in about 10 years, probably less.

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    I hate microslop so fucking much. This whole idea of only the elite monopolies owning all computer power and renting out to us is an affront to humanity.

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    So glad the idiotic decisions Microsoft makes doesn’t effect my computer. And I’m excited for the rest of the population to make the shift to Linux, at least on their personal computers.

    It doesn’t have to be like this, you too can be immune

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      I have Zorin os on my main laptop and actively migrating my main desktop. Will try to get my kids desktop to Zorin too, his was my test subject for windows 11 and it crashed and burned. Everyday I see more and more issues and performance drops with client computers on win11. One or two I’d chalk up to user errors, but not brand new devices I deploy with 32gb of ram struggling to connect to an RDP session. Fuck windows 11 and all the AI horseshit.

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        That’s great parenting. My daughter had only known Linux until she started 7th grade this year and got a school windows laptop. She hates that thing with passion. I’m so proud of her 😍

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      That’s what they want, and there’s what you the customer want.

      Prices of items and services affect the difference. They’ve judged they have enough dough to close the gap. I don’t know if they do.

      Then, if they do, there’s the stickiness of that state. Or how long until alternative personal computing industry evolves outside of power of those interested in it.