Comment by incompatible
3 days ago
> Turn the switch off, leave it off, and it’s not a problem.
Assuming that it doesn't mysteriously (due to some error or update, no doubt) move back to the on position by itself.
3 days ago
> Turn the switch off, leave it off, and it’s not a problem.
Assuming that it doesn't mysteriously (due to some error or update, no doubt) move back to the on position by itself.
I cancelled Facebook in part due to a tug-of-war over privacy defaults. They kept getting updated with some corporate pablum about how opting in benefited the user. It was just easier to permanently opt out via account deletion rather than keep toggling the options. I have no doubt Microsoft will do the same. I'm wiping my Windows partition and loading Steam OS or some variant and dual booting into some TBD Linux distro for development.
When I truly need Windows, I have an ARM VM in Parallels. Right now it gets used once a year at tax time.
Is Linux tax software really that bad?
I thought most tax software was now web based SaaS.
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Oh the one you toggle will be off.
But tomorrow they’ll add a new feature, with a different toggle, that does the same thing but will be distinct enough. That toggle will default on, and you’ll find it in a year and a half after it’s been active.
Control over your data is an illusion. The US economy is built upon corporations mining your data. That’s why ML engineers got to buy houses in the 2010s, and it’s why ML/AI engineers get to buy houses in the 2020s.