suzucappo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Admins finally get the power to uninstall Microsoft Copilot on Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and EDU versions — devices must meet specific conditions to allow the removal of the AI app⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thing is, having to run a startup script to “remove” it means it’s not being removed. It’s being hindered at each boot.

  Fighting against copilot has been a struggle as Microsoft consistently tries to inject it into every single application they can during updates.

  We deal with very restrictive international regulations and the fact that they have not simple made a “fuck off” check box is going to get them into a boiling pot once the data they are scraping after ever update that reactively needs to be remediated gets added to their stupid “ai” and is able to be accessed.

  Microsoft needs to get their shit together and provide and opt-in during OS install (corporate or not). A large banner should be displayed over the whole screen for 10 seconds “MICROSOFT IS TAKING ALL OF YOUR DATA AND SHOVING IT INTO A DATABASE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE ACCESSED BY ANYONE, AND THIS INCLUDES INFORMATION RESTRICTED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION YOU HAVE ON YOUR COMPUTER” so that and users know that they are being sold and not an owner of what they are paying for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube says it will comply with Australia's teen social media ban⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Willing to bet that they get more ad revenue from “adult ad’s” than they do children’s ad’s and they are banking on that happening so they are entertaining the idea to see if it works out.

  Even with the loss of underage content creators, this will just drive users to other channels and give them free reign to show whatever ad’s they wasnt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Full Circle / EA confirm again that skate. will not support Linux, Steam Deck or macOS⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can downgrade the installation and get it working again, however it’s a bit cumbersome and time consuming to do so if you don’t have a good internet connection.

  The guide is called “How to reinstall WRC V1.8.1” on the steam community.

  I have been running it this way for a while.

  I’ve mentioned this before but I very much think this is an underhanded deal between MS and EA to try to limit the exposure of their users to Linux by intentionally breaking or not allowing it to work from the start. Especially with the Steam Deck gaining so much momentum and MS trying to release their own handheld device.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The upcoming skate. from EA will be unsupported on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to anti-cheat⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but I think they do it anyway as a preemptive tactic to reduce the share of users on Linux as much as possible.

  Every time there is a small wave of users that transition to Linux it means less market share for Microsoft. The more users that get on Linux and have a pleasant experience and things just work means a better reputation and word of mouth spreading between people which translates into a greater potential for even more people to make the switch.

  Things like this start slow but once they start to gain traction it can turn into a much bigger problem for Microsoft and they know that. So it would essentially be them trying to “nip it in the bud” before it becomes something that they are too far behind on to get control of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The upcoming skate. from EA will be unsupported on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to anti-cheat⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I very much believe there are some underhanded deals going on with these gaming companies and Microsoft to intentionally not allow them to function on Linux at release or sabatoge (looking at you EA WRC) games after they have been released in an attempt to force people back onto Windows.