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I'm just gonna blue-sky here about all this, and your reply is a good way into it, imanlien2020.
But it's worse. Windows is moving towards a model where you basically rent a PC as a node to access the Net through their security layer and approved apps, etc., and it seems to me they're hell bent on "forcing" users to do that. I'm not an expert and am happy to be corrected.
You can, of course, "use" older versions, but they'll stop being supported, and the security of later versions is tied more and more to Microsoft's Trusted Platform Model, which will eventually have no workarounds or alternatives. I suspect you won't even be able to install another OS.
They pretend it's in the interests of security for the user, but the encryption keys are on their servers, and god knows what backdoors there are, so it's not really our privacy they're interested in. You keep getting your updates as long as your machine can cope with the bandwidth, which they increasingly can't, so by default you're "forced" to upgrade, and the updates are "free" in the totally contrary sense that you've already paid for them once with money and are thereafter constantly paying with your personal data, through which you receive any advertising they deem profitable enough to target you with.
It's depressing. All the big OS companies are locking us into this situation where we just become consumer robots and data mine nodes for big tech to churn through to sell us more stuff. It's set me a real question about my programming project, because I've been taking the relatively easy route of using AutoHotkey, which only works in Windows environments. It's a fairly easy scripting language and has a big community to get help with issues. I knew it might be better to learn another language and write a web app for platform independence, but I couldn't face the hassle.
I don't want to support this abusive model, and I'm starting to think I don't want to be a Windows customer myself. It's bad enough having an Android phone and Google account.
Where I go to from here I don't know. Linux is obviously one direction. I've used it before and found it pretty good - just needing a bit more nerdy noodling to set it up and fix any issues - and I only went back to Windows for the easier (or rather, more familiar to me) programming route. I've got boxes that I can switch to right now, but the app project really requires a tablet or convertible format and touch screen to take much further, and I ain't got one of those. It's an alternative music notation app, so people will need to read music from a music stand and, at a minimum, tap a button to turn pages. If I ever get there, it'll be freeware, or just possibly have a small fee for a pro version.
In the immediate question of shopping for a new laptop, therefore, little has really changed, except that if I decide to quit being a Windows customer I don't need to worry about the gen-8+ issue or compatibility with W11, just find a good 360-degree touchscreen laptop. I'm making enquiries about that L390 Yoga, and I'd have a few years to transition to Linux or whatever and learn JavaScript or something.
I'm just gonna blue-sky here about all this, and your reply is a good way into it, imanlien2020.
Well there are a lot of similarities, and there are similar pressures to go out and buy a brand new PC, lol. Old TVs were entirely useless until you got a digibox of some kind, and often a new aerial and/or signal booster. If I'm not mistaken, you had to buy those yourself, even if you got the free channel service.
But it's worse. Windows is moving towards a model where you basically rent a PC as a node to access the Net through their security layer and approved apps, etc., and it seems to me they're hell bent on "forcing" users to do that. I'm not an expert and am happy to be corrected.
You can, of course, "use" older versions, but they'll stop being supported, and the security of later versions is tied more and more to Microsoft's Trusted Platform Model, which will eventually have no workarounds or alternatives. I suspect you won't even be able to install another OS.
They pretend it's in the interests of security for the user, but the encryption keys are on their servers, and god knows what backdoors there are, so it's not really our privacy they're interested in. You keep getting your updates as long as your machine can cope with the bandwidth, which they increasingly can't, so by default you're "forced" to upgrade, and the updates are "free" in the totally contrary sense that you've already paid for them once with money and are thereafter constantly paying with your personal data, through which you receive any advertising they deem profitable enough to target you with.
It's depressing. All the big OS companies are locking us into this situation where we just become consumer robots and data mine nodes for big tech to churn through to sell us more stuff. It's set me a real question about my programming project, because I've been taking the relatively easy route of using AutoHotkey, which only works in Windows environments. It's a fairly easy scripting language and has a big community to get help with issues. I knew it might be better to learn another language and write a web app for platform independence, but I couldn't face the hassle.
I don't want to support this abusive model, and I'm starting to think I don't want to be a Windows customer myself. It's bad enough having an Android phone and Google account.
Where I go to from here I don't know. Linux is obviously one direction. I've used it before and found it pretty good - just needing a bit more nerdy noodling to set it up and fix any issues - and I only went back to Windows for the easier (or rather, more familiar to me) programming route. I've got boxes that I can switch to right now, but the app project really requires a tablet or convertible format and touch screen to take much further, and I ain't got one of those. It's an alternative music notation app, so people will need to read music from a music stand and, at a minimum, tap a button to turn pages. If I ever get there, it'll be freeware, or just possibly have a small fee for a pro version.
In the immediate question of shopping for a new laptop, therefore, little has really changed, except that if I decide to quit being a Windows customer I don't need to worry about the gen-8+ issue or compatibility with W11, just find a good 360-degree touchscreen laptop. I'm making enquiries about that L390 Yoga, and I'd have a few years to transition to Linux or whatever and learn JavaScript or something.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo Thinkpad L390 Yoga
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-8565U
- Motherboard
- 20NT0019UK
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 14"
- Hard Drives
- 500 GB SSD
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