Re:Microsoft Continues Right to Repair About Face, Makes Its...
by AnthonyMouse on Saturday August 12, 2023 @03:58PM
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> I don't give a shit if they mean it. If they are doing pro-consumer things I'm going to reward them and if they stop doing it, I'm going to stop rewarding them.
The issue is that you have to think two steps ahead.
Microsoft wants to sell hardware, so they sometimes make hardware customers actually want. Reward them, you might say -- buy one of those instead of a Chromebook or a Mac.
But then you get Windows with it. It pushes all of Microsoft's services on you, and if you're not paying attention your files end up on OneDrive and your documents end up in Microsoft-proprietary formats, and then you're stuck with that even if the next Surface goes back to being unrepairable.
Now, you could buy a Surface and put Linux on it, for example. But that's not going to save you if that's not what you actually do.
The issue is that you have to think two steps ahead.
Microsoft wants to sell hardware, so they sometimes make hardware customers actually want. Reward them, you might say -- buy one of those instead of a Chromebook or a Mac.
But then you get Windows with it. It pushes all of Microsoft's services on you, and if you're not paying attention your files end up on OneDrive and your documents end up in Microsoft-proprietary formats, and then you're stuck with that even if the next Surface goes back to being unrepairable.
Now, you could buy a Surface and put Linux on it, for example. But that's not going to save you if that's not what you actually do.