bystander36
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I bet you use an Android or Apple phone as well.I'm still at least half a hypocrite because I use both Windows 10 (for gaming) and Linux, but that will change soon enough.
I bet you use an Android or Apple phone as well.I'm still at least half a hypocrite because I use both Windows 10 (for gaming) and Linux, but that will change soon enough.
I bet you use an Android or Apple phone as well.
We are all digital hypocrites to one degree or another.
I think yours is the mob mentality. Only a few of us are actually speaking out skeptically. Most of you drank the kool-aid ages ago.
I would love to know where I am one. While dislike and continued use doesn't necessarily lend itself to hypocrisy, it's always taken to another level with anything involving MS.
Which is funny, because it's been shown that the Linux community is basically a headless chicken, but they get a pass because their intentions are obviously so pure.
You can provide feedback to MS, and they do listen to it. I think they even pre-install the app for providing feedback.
Linux, as I've used it in this topic and how I always use it, refers to a distro in its entirety. I know it's "just" the kernel. I don't care.
Using hardware to "force" people to latest versions isn't some subversive thing. New hardware can usually run older stuff just fine, and newer hardware being required for newer software is just progress. Windows 10 shouldn't be coded to be able to run on a 386 just in case someone wanted to do that. This argument is likely based on that whole Skylake+ story that got blown out of proportion. These companies aren't bottomless money pits that can continue to release chip drivers for every version of Windows that has ever existed. It's even more marked for Linux distros. If they decide to invoke some instruction set that's only available on a newer processor to make the experience better, what's so evil about that?
Basically your reasons aren't reasons.
The hypocrisy exists at all levels, not just in regards to MS. We are talking about tech here, but virtually everyone carries some sort of ideal that they smooth themselves out over.
Arbitrary examples of stances some people take:
I hate MS but I keep using it because I like games.
I don't think the government has a right to tax me, but I'm going to keep paying taxes.
I won't talk on my phone while driving because its against the law, but I don't mind driving 5-10 MPH over the posted speed limit.
That's hilarious. Defending Windows 10 is the "mob?"
And then you go on to use terms like "only a few of us", "speaking out skeptically" and "drank the kool-aid." Are you trying to steel your own resolve, or are you really pretending that hating on MS is some niche thing that only the brave do anonymously online?
I've read most of this thread, and lot of the others here and elsewhere online. "Speaking out skeptically" doesn't begin to describe the amount of whining and moaning and overall stupidity on the matter. I saw someone complain about the Windows 10 start menu, how it didn't have this and that, when it does.
The telemetry "research" was bogus because they counted ALL outbound requests while the machine was being actively blocked, which failed to account for basic things like checking the time, wi-fi connectivity, or repeating failed attempts. But here's a big number to drive the FUD machine.
And all this coming from smartphone owners, which is very likely. Maybe they can get half a leg to stand on and say they use an iPhone. That's fine and dandy, as Apple makes a big deal about not spying on you. But what about that one free game you have? Or Facebook or that shopping app, or that one web site you like?
No outrage there, but MS decided to join the big data game to drive Windows features and focuses, and it's only now that we live in a spy state.
And it never helps that MS detractors still, to this day, type M$. Just, why? Oh no, the publicly traded corporation wants to make money. It was a little funny when typing on a PC was still a new thing, but it highlights the childish mentality of those people. And just so we're clear, it also applies to garbage like crApple and whatever else. And too many of these people (as it's usually gamers making a stink, no surprise there either) are all too hasty to jump on the "gaben" bandwagon and do nothing but praise Valve and pray for a full on Steam monopoly. Makes all kinds of sense.
Judging by this article, the Windows Store is a bit more than a competitor to Steam, Origins and other distribution sites, it has the ability to shut out its competitors with a mere update and apparently, also the intent.We are not talking about Windows here, but Windows Store. A competitor to Steam, Origins and other distribution sites. Of course they deserve a cut for helping distribute software. And it appears they are also adding a service to make software work for 3 platforms with little work, which I assume is how they plan to make it more attractive than Steam and Origins. It's that last part that may be of worry to Origins and Steam.
There are three things mitigating against this happening. First, the anti-monopoly charges would be legion, especially in Europe.
Second, Microsoft's insistence that games also run on mobile will either cripple them or force developers to spend a lot more money making multiple versions of every game while pretending they are one single version.
There is so much wrong with what you said in this, but I'll let you figure out what.
Second, Microsoft's insistence that games also run on mobile will either cripple them or force developers to spend a lot more money making multiple versions of every game while pretending they are one single version.
Is it free to sell games on Steam?
And I responded in kind.I was responding to your comment about hypocrisy as well as comment about Linux being a headless community. I've dealt with both even if you choose to ignore my personal reasons why MS should be judged.
Comments like mine reflect the general view of Linux by the masses. When a regular user refers to Linux, they may call it something like Ubuntu Linux or Linux Mint or what have you, but they are all Linux. Unsurprisingly, because they all run the Linux kernel. It may not be technically correct, but hardly as wrong as you make it appear.As to your definition of Linux, the distinction between Linux and the distributions that use it is as pronounced as the distinction between Global Warming and Global Climate Change. If that distinction is either unapparent to you or simply considered unimportant, then there is nothing you can add to the Linux conversation that would be taken seriously.
"Linux, as I've used it in this topic and how I always use it, refers to a distro in its entirety. I know it's "just" the kernel. I don't care."
That's ridiculous. Based on that statement, Android, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Mint, and Blag are all the same thing because they share a common kernel. Are you telling me that Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2012 are all the same thing because they all based on the same basic MS kernel (albeit difference evolutions of it)? No, I don't think you meant that just like I think you know the difference between the Linux kernel and distributions. With a varied audience, articulating an argument is often preceded by some sort of proof of authority through informed commentary. Comments like that tend to work in the opposite direction.
I never said you didn't have reasons. I said they were wrong. And I explained why. You would say a thing about Linux, ignore the fact that MS also does it, or say something negative about MS while ignoring that Linux also does it to an extent. With that said, I do understand the lack of trust. But with the new CEO, people still expecting the old MS just seem to be arguing with old information.I respect your opinion as to Microsoft's intent. I disagree with where they are going with it, but that is my burden to carry. Whether you think I have "reasons" or not has no bearing on whether they have potency from the mind of a consumer. If I choose not to participate in whatever MS has planned in the future, then that does impact them.
And I responded in kind.
Like I said, you're reasons are bad because they apply just as well to both parties. Or in the case of hardware upgrades being forced by software, a universal truth.
Comments like mine reflect the general view of Linux by the masses. When a regular user refers to Linux, they may call it something like Ubuntu Linux or Linux Mint or what have you, but they are all Linux. Unsurprisingly, because they all run the Linux kernel. It may not be technically correct, but hardly as wrong as you make it appear.
And yes, I refer to all versions of Windows as Windows, again, because they are. Your inability to recognize this fact is what's ridiculous to me. I get that distros are varied, and different versions of Windows sometimes require different methods when discussing fixes, but we're not exactly talking about that. I brought up how much of a mess Linux is. The fact you purposefully mention many very different OS's in an attempt to persuade me to do the whole stupid Linux/GNU thing just illustrates my point. As does the latest XKCD: http://xkcd.com/1654/
Linux is a crowning achievement of modularity, and an absolute mess for consumers because of it. Meanwhile Windows does get a new kernel (if only a tweaked one) and new DE changes every version, yet picking it up and using it has hardly changed since 95. Even 8, after getting past the start screen, was not that different.
But this nitty gritty distinction does absolutely nothing to take away from the main point. I still fail to see where I could possibly be a digital hypocrite. At no point do I say a thing, and do the opposite, nor do I hold other people to a certain viewpoint while not following it myself.
I have never said you weren't entitled to your opinion. I post like this on forums to get at people's reasoning, and to know how sound I find it to be. I've spoken with principled people that I disagreed with, but their reasons were good, and I like to think we both came away with a better understanding of the other's viewpoint. Your reasons thus far have not been good, or they have ignored the fact that MS and Linux are generally the same (MS takes feedback and applies it, Linux distros also drop old hardware [just much more slowly]). Again, in my opinion.
I never said you didn't have reasons. I said they were wrong. And I explained why. You would say a thing about Linux, ignore the fact that MS also does it, or say something negative about MS while ignoring that Linux also does it to an extent. With that said, I do understand the lack of trust. But with the new CEO, people still expecting the old MS just seem to be arguing with old information.
I'm also glad someone else pointed out how poor your examples of hypocrisy were.
As shown above by werepossum's ignorance as to what the UWP is capable of, these threads are hard to take seriously. You are more knowledgeable, but I also think you're just letting a lot of old MS bias get in the way. You're making too many assumptions and allowing those to drive your discussion.
As a note, when I call someone ignorant, I'm not calling them stupid. People can't know everything. If I think you're stupid, you'll know. But these threads keep popping up because of the ignorant, stupid, anti-MS mentality that so many Windows users hypocritically carry. This level of ignorance, disdain, and continued usage does make for hypocrisy.
tl;dr: I'm not necessarily trying to change your mind, I just think you're reasoning is flawed. You are free to disagree. I like Windows just fine, have never understood the hate even though GFWL has burned me a bit. People with raging MS hate issues should just stop using it, they're not being forced.
There's a very easy solution to all of this, just don't buy stuff (that's exclusively) from the Windows Store.