This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.

  • HC4L@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Kinda disagree here, my parents also won’t install Windows or any other OS by themselves. An average person isn’t going to switch to an alternate OS. Because they do not care.

    An average person however IS going to want that specific Windows only mail client, legacy applications that don’t run on Linux or use their bank website that isn’t supported by Linux.

    This is a one way ticket to making yourself the sole family sysadmin.

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      1 year ago

      Becoming the sole family admin is an inevitability. Unless your family are all people who read manuals, and they’re not, you are the sole family admin already and probably don’t know it.

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        1 year ago

        And as the sole sysadmin of my family I am going to prioritize keeping them in familiar environments to reduce my ticket load as I don’t have a tier 1 group to handle them.

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      1 year ago

      What the fuck bank do you use that looks at your OS and says “fuck that guy”?? It’s a fucking website

    • thejml@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I had my Mom and Dad using Ubuntu like 12yrs ago. He was fine using it for like 6-9 months, I was impressed… Then he got a high end slide scanner that literally only worked with custom software in Windows XP. And then my Mom needed some windows only software for her hobbies and well, they both have Windows now and it’s somehow reduced my tech support and they’re happy, so whatever. I’ll stick to Linux/Mac and everyone’s happy.

      It really comes down to “use the right tool for the job”.