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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, Microsoft exerting this sort of control over their operating system does deeply concern me which is why i switched to Linux and you should too

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is because of rumors about Windows starting to implement this type of measures that I moved to Ubuntu… That was shortly before Windows Vista came out, back in 2006.
I never went back again, except briefly on an air-gaped machine under 7 to play Skyrim and Grim Dawn.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

In other words, you switched out of fear of restrictions that still haven’t manifested nearly two decades later