▲ 1490 ▼ Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware (www.pcmag.com) submitted 2 years ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 490 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) Sounds like a good reason to get rid of windows 😁 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kescusay@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, Windows itself has been a good reason to get rid of Windows for a long time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] igorlogius@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* Windows itself has been a good reason to get rid of Windows for a long time 🤣 ... best sentence i've seen today. +1 permalink fedilink source parent [+] FaceDeer@kbin.social -7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, all these imagined outrages are definitely a good reason for that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can't honestly believe that Microsoft won't be harvesting as much data as possible with their AI search. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) "As possible" is a key concept here. They'll want to avoid anything illegal or likely to get them sued. You realize that there are many big companies that use Windows that have a ton of proprietary information on them, that would go completely nuclear on Microsoft if Windows started leaking that information into an AI-training project? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] silverbax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* Microsoft has done things multiple times that were blatantly illegal, and a couple of times ran afoul of governments, yet they still did new illegal things after that - as well as going right back to doing the things they were busted for before. There's no evidence that they are concerned with anyone suing them or 'going nuclear' if they aren't even worried about nation states that have come after them before. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago Those companies likely pay for the enterprise version which doesn't have all that garbage. I guarantee you that Windows for home users is mining as much data as possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, Windows itself has been a good reason to get rid of Windows for a long time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] igorlogius@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* Windows itself has been a good reason to get rid of Windows for a long time 🤣 ... best sentence i've seen today. +1 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] igorlogius@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* Windows itself has been a good reason to get rid of Windows for a long time 🤣 ... best sentence i've seen today. +1 permalink fedilink source parent
[+] FaceDeer@kbin.social -7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, all these imagined outrages are definitely a good reason for that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can't honestly believe that Microsoft won't be harvesting as much data as possible with their AI search. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) "As possible" is a key concept here. They'll want to avoid anything illegal or likely to get them sued. You realize that there are many big companies that use Windows that have a ton of proprietary information on them, that would go completely nuclear on Microsoft if Windows started leaking that information into an AI-training project? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] silverbax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* Microsoft has done things multiple times that were blatantly illegal, and a couple of times ran afoul of governments, yet they still did new illegal things after that - as well as going right back to doing the things they were busted for before. There's no evidence that they are concerned with anyone suing them or 'going nuclear' if they aren't even worried about nation states that have come after them before. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago Those companies likely pay for the enterprise version which doesn't have all that garbage. I guarantee you that Windows for home users is mining as much data as possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can't honestly believe that Microsoft won't be harvesting as much data as possible with their AI search. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) "As possible" is a key concept here. They'll want to avoid anything illegal or likely to get them sued. You realize that there are many big companies that use Windows that have a ton of proprietary information on them, that would go completely nuclear on Microsoft if Windows started leaking that information into an AI-training project? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] silverbax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* Microsoft has done things multiple times that were blatantly illegal, and a couple of times ran afoul of governments, yet they still did new illegal things after that - as well as going right back to doing the things they were busted for before. There's no evidence that they are concerned with anyone suing them or 'going nuclear' if they aren't even worried about nation states that have come after them before. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago Those companies likely pay for the enterprise version which doesn't have all that garbage. I guarantee you that Windows for home users is mining as much data as possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) "As possible" is a key concept here. They'll want to avoid anything illegal or likely to get them sued. You realize that there are many big companies that use Windows that have a ton of proprietary information on them, that would go completely nuclear on Microsoft if Windows started leaking that information into an AI-training project? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] silverbax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* Microsoft has done things multiple times that were blatantly illegal, and a couple of times ran afoul of governments, yet they still did new illegal things after that - as well as going right back to doing the things they were busted for before. There's no evidence that they are concerned with anyone suing them or 'going nuclear' if they aren't even worried about nation states that have come after them before. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago Those companies likely pay for the enterprise version which doesn't have all that garbage. I guarantee you that Windows for home users is mining as much data as possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silverbax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* Microsoft has done things multiple times that were blatantly illegal, and a couple of times ran afoul of governments, yet they still did new illegal things after that - as well as going right back to doing the things they were busted for before. There's no evidence that they are concerned with anyone suing them or 'going nuclear' if they aren't even worried about nation states that have come after them before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago Those companies likely pay for the enterprise version which doesn't have all that garbage. I guarantee you that Windows for home users is mining as much data as possible. permalink fedilink source parent