Baron von Fajita @ CAWright @infosec.pub Posts 0Comments 57Joined 2 yr. ago
Even if the US weren't a shit show right now, this is still a good move. These top players have gotten very comfortable with their high user share. The only way to get them back to following the consumer needs/wants is to hurt them monetarily. Microsoft has experienced this before with IE and their assumed domination of everything computing in the early 2000s. People started switching away from their closed ecosystem and they, painfully, had to redesign things to meet needs. Windows 8 is the same thing. Ballmer's Microsoft lost alot of consumer sentiment by pushing things people didn't want.
The difference now is that so many people are willing to take whatever poop is shoveled at them. It will take more of us who are intelligent and discerning to flip away and bring others with us. Nadella will be the next Ballmer if he's not careful. Google will lose out to another search engine, or engines, if the aren't careful.
Open source is the way, but not without alot of support for "the lesser" among us. Fediverse and big social media alternatives as well. The Internet of today is nowhere near the magnificent beast it was in the 90s and very early 2000s. No intelligent person wants AI slop 24/7.
The world would be better without a marketing company moonlighting as a software developer.
The big difference is probably the willingness and aptitude of your clients. I'm not in a very smart part of my country and the people are generally set in their ways. I think they have a sort of fatalism in that they believe that they must obey the corporate overlords or they will not get to play in the sandbox.
This is more of a "pick your battles" moment. These people aren't self-learners and would need to have their hands held at all times. They can barely comprehend Windows and macOS. They would become a burden on me and just switch back eventually.
I would love to but none would. They are too comfy in their microsoft world. I agree with you on the content made to consume, not to think aspect. I also think we keep making things easier and easier so that people don't need skills to do anything anymore.
I wish my clients were smart enough to use anything other than Windows. The average American isn't. Oddly enough, I'm personally using this opportunity to migrate from Apple to Linux.
Far from what Trump is doing to the US, Microsoft is increasingly releasing worse and worse products. As an American, I'm actively working to reduce my dependence on the garbage that is produced by American tech giants. I'm happy to see organizations with far more stature than me doing the same. Please leave Microsoft behind and use better FOSS and EU sources!
Looks like there are some butthurt readers of your comment. Ignorance is bliss, as they say.
If you haven't already, divest yourself of MS software and services.
That's the great thing about it. You choose what works for you. When you don't chase what other people think you should be using, you get more value out of what you want to be using.
No, but thanks.
How do you use your own domain between Proton and Tuta?
Thanks for posting this! As an American who dislikes the big tech here, these are helpful in knowing what's beyond our borders. I had never heard of Infomaniak before you posted! I currently use Proton but I'm not happy with the ability of their calendar and contacts to integrate with my underlying system. I've also been looking at mailbox.org to expand my capabilities there.
Many of us did it that way in the past. I still bring a notebook to in-person meetings for handwritten notes. I only have a few smart bulbs and smart switches in the house because they are more accurate than the analog timers. There are things like digital music that make life far more convenient than records, tapes, and CDs, though. So much technology is unnecessary, though.
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In the laws references in the article, the need for #1 and #3 were caused by social media. Yet we target the individual rather than the social media company for the fix. Let's don't fix the source of the problem but we can make life more difficult for many millions of people. How dumb are we in this country?
I noticed that the send button was grayed out if you tried to report an incorrect name.