We have whole industries that have to rely on Windows 7 and self-built Windows 10 images because they can't upgrade into a shitty cloud-prioritizing OS. Microsoft just completely ignored them, essentially alienating whole industry branches.
Try justifying that a Candy Crush Saga download shut down a high oven, wasting millions of EUR in energy costs, for example. And yes, that happened at a steel factory here. They switched to open source afterwards and reimplemented everything from scratch.
Every industry around chemistry, energy, production, factories, debugging... heck, even the damn hospital ... They all switch away from Microsoft because it just doesn't work without internet. Honestly I don't know how a CEO can be so asleep and out of touch at the wheel. But I guess that's just collateral damage?
I'm searching for this but not getting any results. Could you share a link where I can read about it?
My WH-1000XM4 is buggy as shit too, I had to disable power-saving (turn off if nothing is playing) because it would randomly switch off in the middle of music playback. And there's a touch gesture to enable "mute when speech is detected", which, when enabled, means when I say something in a Zoom call I can't hear anyone else anymore.. And I can't disable this single gesture, just all gestures in general.
Because for any store, or any shopping mall or city, for that matter, the worst kind of shopper is the one who knows what he wants, makes a beeline for that product, picks it off the shelf and checks out, without having any opportunity to get lost and see other aisles, other shelves, and other products that he doesn't need, but may decide to purchase nevertheless.
Can't imagine that's cheaper than just making stuff easy to find.
I have a mother who uses a desktop to log into her MyChart and VA health systems, and I often have to help her figure out how to log in.
I'm adaptable, but I do lament when features are taken away or made worse.
It's like the phrase "user friendly" has been made into something to avoid.
Enjoyed them both very much!
Alas, Windows 11 is merely rounded corners, a worse file explorer, telemetry galore, and a mandatory Microsoft account meant to hock OneDrive and Copilot on unsuspecting laypersons everywhere.
Even simple applications like calculator and photo viewer now launch with a noticeable delay, no doubt because they have to try and communicate with some Microsoft service somewhere in the cloud before letting someone use an application locally.
Regarding upgrades. It always requires QA to exist (as some rumor says that for example MS went with telemetry only in win11 instead of a proper QA approach) for users to consider upgrading at all.
Couldn't find another one mentioning unplanned shutdown or similar.
[1] https://www.ssab.com/en/news/2018/08/blast-furnace-shutdown-...
But in terms of the stores where we shop, the clerks at the register are empowered to help us look up an existing item, or to order an item that's not on the shelves, or even to place a new item on the wishlist. So it's more than small talk for them to ask that; it's an opening and an opportunity to find out what items are in-demand that they're not carrying, or may not be obvious to find if we're just wandering around the store.
Of late, I've found that clerks in stores such as Target and Wal-Mart are equipped with tools no better than the ones we have ourselves: that is, the mobile app or the website has exact information on store layout, item availability, and what aisle we can find this stuff in. Some Targets have spiffy kiosks which I can query without needing to call up stuff on my smartphone, but if I ask a clerk, their nose will immediately go into their own mobile device, just like I would've done.
On the other hand, smaller grocery stores that sell organics are likely to feature a cadre of very personable clerks who are intimately familiar with all stock and everything on the shelves, and they can immediately escort me over to where something is on a shelf, and make recommendations based on what they carry, and tell me how their logistics work. Without even glancing at a computer or screen!
Just means you might eventually have to pirate some special SKU of Windows that you can't buy as a normal user.