You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users::Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a “system component” that can’t be

  • Nindelofocho@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    coming soon: Monthly subscription to use windows with the justification that it uses an online service in order to work

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      2 years ago

      I can’t wait for the eventual warning pop-ups and emails, warning me that my onedrive is almost full (70%)

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        2 years ago

        what do you mean by this

        do u think a cloud pc (with constant server costs) shouldnt be a monthly fee?

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          I think this is likely the “new only Windows option” in the not so distant future. I think it shouldn’t exist.

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      Probably an unpopular opinion, but I don’t see a problem with subscriptions for commercial software. Fixing bugs and security issues after release is an ongoing effort that costs money, so a one-time purchase isn’t really economically viable in the long run. I honestly wouldn’t feel comfortable using unmaintained software that might contain known but unfixed vulnerabilities.

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        As someone who advises on and implements software at work that would be sorta ok if these companies charging several thousand a year would actually fix bugs and provide proper support. Zendesk is a pretty big display of this: feature requests lay dormant in their support pages, the only way you can get support is through a chat where the rep will point you to an article you already read most of the time, updates that ever obfuscates settings into a dizzying amount of menus in the admin panel, and so on. All for a minimum of $55 a month per seat if you want email and calling. The issue is costs are sky high for practically no value