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    Because paying a few grand a year for a certificate somehow makes your software more trustworthy

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    I wrote some open source software and looked into how to make that not happen. It’s not easy on Microsoft, and on Apple it costs more than a $100/year!

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        Not only that; You have to pay for updates too. Supposedly it’s because Apple takes time to verify that the app is legit and not going to do nefarious things. So they don’t want a bad actor to get a legit app on the store, then later push an update that infects everyone with a virus.

        But apparently a company did a study and realized that app testing rarely made it past the main page, with testers spending ~15-20 seconds per app. They’d basically open it and if it looked like it did what it said, they didn’t bother digging any deeper.

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        Yes. It’s actually rather tragic I strive to run my business NOT using big tech. But we need an app for our users. On Apple this means you simply MUST pay apple. 100/year is not a lot. I just don’t want to give them my business.

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    I can navigate Windows well enough for my job, but I’d never choose it for personal use. I’m no Linux expert, but I haven’t yet been faced with a problem I couldn’t solve.

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        I’d use a mainstream distro. I came to Linux in 2017, used Ubuntu for 4 years until I got tired of them forcing snaps down my throat, and then went to Arch. I have never distro-hopped, but I also have never had any huge issues with the mainstream distros.

        The main distros really are well maintained and do tend to “just work”. Dare I say, especially Ubuntu.

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      I’m the exact opposite! Use Windows for personal use, and use Linux for my VMs/Servers/Docker.

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      I was taught to use Ubuntu Linux by a middle aged engineer in another field who demanded “the brown operating system” on his computer over a decade ago, so yes, I agree, day to day Linux hasn’t been hard for over a decade.

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    This will be outdated soon.

    They basically admitted at a security conference (I think) that part of the roadmap for Windows 11 is to actually prevent Windows from running unsigned apps period, and you better believe getting past that will require an Enterprise license.

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      If true ew. I actually just recently learned that Windows 11 requires a Microsoft account (you can disable it by going into the registry) but it officially actually requires it. Fuck them.

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        No registry edit necessary. Just use the email no[at]thankyou.com, write any password. Windows will throw an error, press continue and voilà, you can create your local account.

        Rufus also has an option for local accounts and for removing TPM/SecureBoot requirements.

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        I don’t think you need to with either a professional or enterpriese account (I think professional). Do need to with a home account though which is extremely annoying.

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    Mac does it now too. But they do it because they are anti-competitive and want to make you use the Mac app Store. They need to be broken up.

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    Let’s make it clear. The only virus on a PC is its owner. It never emerges on itself

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    Actually this is a good practice. If you don’t know where the program is or if the source is not open, you shouldn’t install blindly.