Re: Does Anybody Still Use IIS Any More?

On 2025-04-15, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-04-15 00:20, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:41:07 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
 

It's almost as though [Microsoft are] turning the [Windows] operating
system into a beta.

 
See my entire thread “Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues”.

>
I'm trying to be as objective as possible in referring to Windows, but
the reality is that there are significant problems with continuing to
use it even if you're sold on their product(s). Anyone with an AMD
laptop is not going to have a satisfactory experience as a result of the
fTPM stuttering. Anyone who buys movies and TV shows or subscribes to a
streaming service and intends to watch content on an external monitor is
not likely to be happy that the monitor shuts off as a protection
against piracy. If the constant updates taking a long time don't bother
the user, they might be annoyed that these updates introduce new folders
or bugs that they are asked to simply ignore. If all of the above isn't
bothersome, the user might be annoyed that the system slows down or
becomes unstable because the system files managed to corrupt on their
own requiring an SFC or DISM repair. If nothing else, people might get
annoyed that their personal photos and videos get locked out because of
some 0-day the company managed not to protect against or because of bit
rot. At some point, people need to admit that such things are no longer
acceptable in 2025 and move on.
>
Eventually, the amount of compromises you need to make to use Windows
outweighs the amount of sacrifices you make by moving away from it.

And now it looks like Microsoft's Recall is back (after a backlash forced
them to can it about a year ago). Supposedly yo have to "opt in" this time,
but who trusts Microsoft to keep their word or not change the license
agreement down the road?

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/

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