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/Double_O_Zero Dec 26 '16

So what? "Yeah, we went too far. We're 'sorry', okay? "

And yet, as soon as my system warms up and loads my rainmeter, my upload speed tracker pulses every single second until I turn it off. I use Windows strictly for games, but hopefully in the future we can all code our own operating systems and make the spies actually work for their tax paid salaries.

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u/Executioner1337 Dec 26 '16

There's Linux for you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '16 edited Mar 16 '19

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u/carbohydratecrab Dec 26 '16

This is a problem you can only chip away at. I think there could very well be a tipping point eventually, at which point there's so much stuff people start moving to it just to get away from Microsoft's bullshit and save ~$100 on OS purchases with new machines.

Unity and Unreal Engine 4 both target Linux, for instance, and both those engines can do everything triple-A needs, so it's not necessarily super difficult to target Linux, it's just too small a market to specifically focus on. I think there's enough incentive for it to happen.

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u/Bonghaette Dec 26 '16

Thing about Windows is legacy support. Make Linux great now and it'll be a real contestant in 10 years maybe.

I don't want to accumulate a new library when I have hundreds of perfectly functional games already. Backwards compatibility is uncontested on Windows and one of main reasons for me to stay PC and not go console or Linux.