My last work computer was locked down and i learned the microsoft store was full of expensive garbage.
Comment on China Switching from Windows to Linux
darthsundhaft@piefed.social 5 days agoKudos to them for removing Microsoft Store. Absolutely hate Microsoft for obvious other things but them forcing their built-in stuff by only being available from store is BS. More of a problem in Win11 than Win10 but I hate Micro$oft nonetheless.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
onionsinmypores@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
The other day I had to play a 4k video on a factory-reset Windows10 laptop, and upon loading the video with the default Windows Media Player, I got shown a missing codec popup, which led to a PAID codec download page of Microsoft Store for HEVC/H.265 (which cost about €1, dunno if price changes by region).
It was bewildering. Of course I downloaded VLC immediately and everything was great there, but the whole store just feels like a scam to me.
I tried to gather more information on this and even more bewilderingly, I came across this subreddit and this post…
www.reddit.com/r/linuxsucks101/
reddit.com/…/windows_users_can_still_get_or_use_h…
it’s quite a read if anyone’s interested.