• ulkesh@beehaw.org
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    2 months ago

    Maybe not, but, anecdotally, I know of a number of people who have made the switch because of Recall. Steam Deck surely adds to it, but people who have the choice to stop using Windows seem to be doing so.

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      2 months ago

      Maybe not, but, anecdotally, I know of a number of people who have made the switch because of Recall.

      Tbh I don’t get it. Wasn’t this feature only on Copilot+ PCs that almost nobody had? Why did so many switch if it wasn’t even confirmed that it’s coming to regular x86 machines? I always find it extremely weird.

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        2 months ago

        Microsoft showed their hand and for some it was the last straw. It might not come to non-copilot pcs (for now) but they showed users they are OK with turning the OS into spyware.

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            2 months ago

            Agreed. It’s mostly an ad delivery platform these days. Can be somewhat OK if you have a DNS based blocker but hard to block built in spyware.

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        2 months ago

        Why did so many switch if it wasn’t even confirmed that it’s coming to regular x86 machines?

        Panic.