Re:Why you should not develop apps for Windows 10
by coldpie on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @09:11AM
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> The feeling is I don't really have control over the OS anymore
This is a really good way to describe modern non-free OSes (Windows, OSX, Android, iOS, the gamut). They're all asking me to sign into their services and always be connected and let them monitor everything I do and make suggestions and store everything I own on their servers. And when you try to turn all that off, everything falls apart. This is OK on my phone, which is really just an Internet portal, but on my desktop I expect my stuff to be my stuff. I guess many consumers like this (?), but I sure don't.
These days, I use Arch Linux and laugh haughtily at the crap proprietary OS users have to put up with.
This is a really good way to describe modern non-free OSes (Windows, OSX, Android, iOS, the gamut). They're all asking me to sign into their services and always be connected and let them monitor everything I do and make suggestions and store everything I own on their servers. And when you try to turn all that off, everything falls apart. This is OK on my phone, which is really just an Internet portal, but on my desktop I expect my stuff to be my stuff. I guess many consumers like this (?), but I sure don't.
These days, I use Arch Linux and laugh haughtily at the crap proprietary OS users have to put up with.