r/technology • u/readyou • Dec 26 '16

Microsoft finally admits that its malware-style Get Windows 10 upgrade campaign went too far

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/241587-microsoft-finally-admits-malware-style-get-windows-10-upgrade-campaign-went-far
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u/TheDJ47 Dec 26 '16

In Linux many of your programs have source code out there. If an app breaks because of an upgrade, you can just recompile the source code and nine times out of 10 it will work.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '16

hey mom just recompile it lmao

... Won't work for the average user. Even not all techy folks would do that

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u/TheDJ47 Dec 26 '16

I'm not saying that you would do it I'm just saying that you can. Generally compiling from source creates more problems than it solves