• kevin@programming.dev
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    29 days ago

    We have seen this game 100 times. Opt in for now and then turned on for everyone 6-12 months later. It’s just a temporary move to handle the bad PR.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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      28 days ago

      Yeah dude, there’s nothing they can do to fix this. They have eroded the trust of their users for decades. It will take them decades to get it back, if they actually tried.

      Also it took hackers days to find vulnerabilities. Which is a massive security concern.

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      28 days ago

      Can anyone give me examples of times Windows has done this in the past? I mean, I feel like this is true, but I legit can’t think of anything that matches this.

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        27 days ago

        In the last 6 months:

        • One Drive reinstalled and turned back on on my personal & work computer multiple times.
        • AI Co-pilot added to my machine and enabled “so you can start using it now!” with an obtrusive pinned shortcut on my start bar, to both of the same machines but at different time intervals. Uninstalling is virtually impossible and requires registry mods to 'remove" it. Not even a powers he’ll command can remove it.

        I don’t want, or need, this add-on garbage.