Make sure you're using some sort of extension to block all of the Google analytics/trackers as well, they are on almost every site.
Forced updates is a good thing. We want fast updates when a vulnerability is found. We see so many unpatched servers online getting pwnd and enslaved into botnets, and this is the only solution.
See, turning off telemetry (if it is even possible to turn it off fully) was implemented to be complex on purpose, so that most people can't do it and won't do it.
But Microsoft can still trumpet to the world that "you can turn it off if you want".
I agree about the security updates. However, the point i was trying to make is that accepting windows' bullshit "you WILL have an update, you WILL give us telemetry, you WILL reboot your computer" is bullshit. Having those defaults, albeit i don't agree with them, but with an easy way to disable them so that even moderate power users can completely block out anything they don't want to in any edition of windows is much more preferable to the "it's fine" attitude i was replying to originally. It's not fine. It sucks. Forced updates are not the same as auto updates, and they're sure as hell not a good thing IMO.
My hardest remaining FAAMG property to kick is Youtube, followed by maps.
Its search leaves an extreme amount to be desired. Recently, looking at the path of Typhoon Hagibis, I'd entered "tokyo japan". I was returned a restaurant in downtown Moscow, Russia.
Even direct latitude/longitude searches often fail completely (I've reported this as a bug), apparently if there's no reasonably local specific place record.
Where Google Maps will deal with a vague street + city or business-name + city reference, OSM is completely lost. Even comma-delimited "<city>, <state>, <country>" specifications often fail.
You can report these, and the reports do get attention. But there's a lot of work required of the team.
Don't delay, the sooner you make the switch, the better. I wish I'd done it earlier.
Interesting.
Curious how many people actually evaluate the morality of their prospective employers.
I've also chosen a salary cut for working for companies that I believe are actively helping.
Most of my IT friends think alike (which may be part of why we're friends ;-). For example a friend quit his job after realizing some things his work was enabling.
Purely anecdotal of course. But not nonexistent.
- a conference room proxy that intercepted and replaced HTTP ads
- an app for a quack that promoted a cancer cure
- a high-paying gig in gambling software,
- building a white-label browser that would give people in East Africa free airtime to punt horse-betting and hide its competitors' ads.The really important part is that every interview has me honestly asking the interviewer about employee trust and revenue streams.
You what? Basically every flagship Android phone has a better CPU (clock speed / cores).
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/14864886
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/14865026
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/14865059
The iPhone chips straight up are faster in practice in virtually every benchmark I've ever seen.
The OnePlus 7 Pro uses the Snapdragon 855+, which is the fastest Android chip I am aware of. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Also the 855+ has better 3D results at times. None of this is here to imply the A1x chips aren’t crushing their android counterparts at single threaded performance. They are likely wayyyy faster, but extra cores, sustained performance, 3D performance, and LTE performance all factor into the over performance of a device.
It may seem like we developers are in the minority, but the minority rule applies to us: tastemakers make the apps that run in your browser and you install Firefox on your parents' machines at thanksgiving.
Windows 10's forced-updates and telemetry are the main things preventing me from buying a Surface for my next machine. But I don't know how I'm going to get off my iPhone - the CPU is just too fast.
Remember, you are the market. You can vote with your eyeballs and your employment. Giving up salary is easier said than done, but no other profession has more opportunities to choose a moral employer.