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And this is treated as a bad thing?!

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Send only info about your device, its settings and capabilities, and whether it is performing properly.

In other words, even after turning off all the settings, your data still gets collected.

The rest of the installation process wasn’t fun either. It was worded in this weird, condescending tone, like “Let’s get everything set up for you”, and “Let Cortana help you get things done!”.

Thank goodness for FLOSS and GNU/Linux.

  • TypicalHog@lemm.eeEnglish
    191·
    10 months ago

    Absolutely disgusting! Literally the only reason why I still use Windows is the fact many games I play have anti-cheat spyware that doesn’t work on Linux.

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      Yet another reason I stay away from any game that has online multiplayer PVP teams based setting. I trust anti-cheat as much as I trust that random file you find on [Insert Sketchy Website Link].

      • TypicalHog@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        While I agree, I almost exclusively play MP games. (I’m just not very much into SP ones, idk)

    • DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml
      5·
      10 months ago

      I got lucky that almost all the multiplayer games I play run under Linux. There’s only one or two that I would need Windows for to play again.

    • fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      For me it’s this and very specific audio production stuff. Linux audio production has come leaps and bounds over the years, but I need specific vst plugins that I don’t think I could get running in Linux. Also because what I’m doing has very quick turnaround times, I’m worried that if I did get that stuff working it could basically break at any time and I’d be boned.

      • Nakura@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I am in a very similar situation with audio production. I have a lot of plugins and tried to see what I could get working with yabridge on my Linux laptop in my free time. Some stuff worked flawlessly, while a lot of other important plugins did not work at all. I hope that some day more stuff works and the tool gets more streamlined for less technical users, but for now it is not quite where it needs to be for my use case. In the mean time I switched to a DAW that has a Linux version (Bitwig) and I am slowly working towards switching to only using plugins that have a Linux version. I am far from a point where I can comfortably switch though, so for now Windows is an occupational hazard.