Doesn't that contradict the stance you are taking where Microsoft can make changes to the OS without an uproar.
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Doesn't that contradict the stance you are taking where Microsoft can make changes to the OS without an uproar.
Yes, you're right, EU is responsible for dirty coding.
Microsoft does what their clients ask. Do you really think that Microsoft wants to continue to maintain the legacy code? If Microsoft announced that effective Jan 1 2028, Windows 12 would be a complete re-start with no support for legacy hardware and Apps can you imagine the lawsuits. As long as businesses continue to insist that Windows 11/12/13 need to support Apps built around Win 95 support this crap will continue.
The only logical answer is that there was little or no testing.
Can you let us know there you got this info? Shouldn't there be another test of the packaged update before it gets release en masse ?
What would be the timeline for this? Microsoft would need to build the API and then give all other vendors how long to make it work? The challenge of building such a complex API in public is that you needs lots of time to test its features. What if the alternative was that the vendor has 12-18 months of exclusivity at which point they need to open the API.
As much as we can and do blame software and hardware vendors for their poor/lack of testing, there is no better and thorough place for testing than the hands of the customer.
And who uses it outside of the infra space? Know any non technical person/people running Linux at home?
This flexibility which Microsoft offers to their enterprise customers cannot be matched by Apple by offering discrete support for elapsed versions for specific customers even at higher cost of service and support. Apple wants everyone to tag along their newer versions whatever they release that’s because Apple typically addresses their developer community which is eager to embrace new changes while enterprise customers cannot afford to do that whenever new releases of their OS, Tools and Frameworks are updated. Apple can’t serve this crowd and that’s where Microsoft stands apart.
Search and you'll find from the horses mouth
No there shouldn't, the package update should be the one tested in the first place. It is best practice to test what you release. However, there may be some reason for it why they did it the way they did. At this moment in time that is not in the public domain, so pointless speculating about whether it was the right thing to do or not. And sure, in hindsight it wasn't
Know anyone running something like Crowdstrike at home? Don't forget about the context.
I don't see how that's relevant. The "stability" we are talking about is at the kernel level in regards to hardware support.
The ruling was over a decade ago
It wasn't possible before. Plenty of time to get it sorted properly.
I know its about the EU messing in tech without understanding tech.
Which would have nothing to do with having to support heterogeneous hardware, so it would be completely irrelevant in the context of the discussion...
There is a special place in hell for those EU politicians who forced that BS on, a special place.
There is something even more powerful than the eu and even lawsuits. Customer base. If microsoft customers play hardball with microsoft and say fix your damn system to no longer give developers access to kernel - or else we will ditch microsoft and go with apple instead, they would say stuff eu and fix it quicker than two shakes of a lamb's tail.
No.
They will face an uproar for (before) closing kernel-level access to third-party software.
But they aren’t legally prohibited by the EU from doing so.
Hence, their blaming the EU is misguided.
And disingenuous - cause they‘ve never had a true intention of denying third parties kernel-level software access.
There is nothing to speculate; Crowdstrike on its blog didn't talk about packages but just a logic error..Search and you'll find from the horses mouth
No there shouldn't, the package update should be the one tested in the first place. It is best practice to test what you release. However, there may be some reason for it why they did it the way they did. At this moment in time that is not in the public domain, so pointless speculating about whether it was the right thing to do or not. And sure, in hindsight it wasn't
Regardless of how much I like using Apple and MacOS it is simply not a viable option. Not even close 🤷♂️
The point is that all these are not mutually exclusive.
The primary purpose of EU regulation is to benefit smaller businesses, which may or may not necessarily be a good thing for consumers ultimately. Yes, of course Apple stands to benefit financially from keeping all developers within the App Store, and consumers benefit as well from being able to transact with greater confidence and convenience. While you are right that I don't have to venture outside of the App Store, what's wrong with me preferring to have my cake and eat it too, by also making it such that I never have to (venture outside of the App Store), via seeing to it that no apps can be made available anywhere else?
This is the part I don't agree with, that regulation is somehow always a good thing, whereas in reality, it's simply another bundle of compromises. And as with any tradeoff, there are always winners and losers. It really comes down to where you are positioned, and I don't believe the consumer will necessarily emerge as the clear winner in this regard.
The funny thing is that I only recently just realised what that design was for (through these forums). Prior to this, I was always irritated by how difficult it seemed to get the cap off, and simply exerted extra force to twist it off.
I'll stop you there. On Macs and PCs freeware exists. On iPhones it cannot exist because you'd lose money with freeware on the App Store, just to keep an account alive and upgrade apps for no real reason (which also forces developers to buy new Macs).
I've been a developer for iOS and an iPhone repairman before. In both cases, Apple strict policies to screw up competitors also "happen" to make things pricier for their customers. Just like those chips to prevent third party components.
And I'll add that what's right is right, no matter how good it is for consumers. Slave and minor labour is great for consumers, they get lower prices, but I'm not a fan of those.