Re:Windows update resets your default programs so they can s...
by pcdoodle on Friday September 04, 2020 @07:49AM
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Remember when they called it "My Computer". Now it's called "This PC". No ownership, only tenancy.
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Re:Windows update resets your default programs so they can s...
by andylynch on Friday September 04, 2020 @08:11AM
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To be fair - I do think this term is a better description, eg for the company desktop you are using, the pc you happen to be on in a library, at a friend’s place etc etc.
I would also think that from an ownership perspective, the number of Windows PCs owned by the individuals using them is going to be a minority (I’d love to find some numbers on this but do not think they are reported?)
Re:Windows update resets your default programs so they can s...
by m_fayer on Friday September 04, 2020 @08:16AM
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I don't know why this is getting downvoted - it's an eagle-eyed spot of some subtle-but-important language being shifted, sneakily, right underneath us.
Amazing how a company as big as MS can influence cultural expectations and normative parameters through nothing but a tiny tweak in language.