dmtalon

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[–] dmtalon 20 points 2 years ago

That's a lot of "ifs"

[–] dmtalon 1 points 2 years ago

haha, ya... Such well placed money there.

[–] dmtalon 25 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Its crazy how much further ahead Europe is in Privacy Protection.

All these companies need to be held responsible for what they do with our data, and what it costs them when they lose control of it. Either figure out how to safe guard it or suffer painful consequences. Or perhaps only store what's necessary for us to interact.

[–] dmtalon 60 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Almost like we should focus on making the US better / competitive instead of trying to succeed by blocking others.

Don't we get a ton of components and raw materials required for EVs from China already?

[–] dmtalon 7 points 2 years ago

Came in to say exactly that... The Irony is thick, and likely unfortunately lost on people that will approve it.

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[–] dmtalon 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For now at least, I block as much telemetry at the network level (DNS level) using pihole.

Annoys my wife and kid at times. I try to explain why and what it means but convenience is king unfortunately.

[–] dmtalon 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I believe the biggest thing that will hurt MS is moving to subscription. The vast majority of users aren't gonna wanna have a forever fee when they buy a laptop/PC

[–] dmtalon 327 points 2 years ago (40 children)

Ya, a PR nightmare for the next 15 minutes until the next unbelievable thing comes along and the ADD nature of people forgets windows is watching everything they do.

[–] dmtalon 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Installed and we'll see how it goes. Thanks for the heads up!!

[–] dmtalon 21 points 2 years ago

And as long as people keep subscribing to them, they'll March right along collecting that sweet money.

[–] dmtalon 2 points 2 years ago

Crazy random crap breaking!

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