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To: dayglored

I use my 10-year-old Windows 10 laptop to surf the Internet and stream all of my TV watching. It’s just easier with my hearing to have high fidelity earbuds and watch it on the laptop. So not too concerned about security on that machine anyway.
Not that I’m surprised but I can’t say I like the notion of Microsoft telling me what I can and can’t put on my computer. Assholes


46 posted on 04/29/2023 10:16:59 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
> Not that I’m surprised but I can’t say I like the notion of Microsoft telling me what I can and can’t put on my computer. Assholes

Microsoft has been heavy-handed about that since Windows became widespread in the mi-90's with Win95.

If it has Windows on it, it's not "your computer" (other than the hardware). That was made clear when Windows stopped labeling the desktop icon "My Computer" and changed it to "This PC".

You don't "buy" a copy of Windows, you purchase a "license to run" Windows, in which absolutely no guarantees are made about what it is or what it can do. That license expires roughly 10 years after Microsoft first offered it -- not when you bought it, so it's entirely possible to purchase a license for Windows that expires in a year or less.

Note: "expires" in this context means "End-of-Life (EOL)", that is, "becomes unsupported". It will keep running after EOL but rapidly becomes a security liability and its functionality decreases as application software vendors stop supporting it.

Bill Gates has always been an asshole, since 1975. His company still reflects his personal style.

53 posted on 04/29/2023 11:35:43 AM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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