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pshufd said:
It's also interesting to ask AI about similar mechanisms in macOS and Linux.
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Please post your responses. Interested!

Where Apple are uber secretive about their inner workings of their OS sniffing, I bet there won't be very much info on what they are actually doing behind the scenes. But it's just as bad as Microsoft, users just don't know it.

Linux, Whatever is happening on linux is open to source code and users (if they know how to read the code) and can see exactly what the OS is doing.

Plus, there is this wave of content creators/"media" personalities that love crapping on everything MS does because it gets clicks. Even though most of it is completely sensationalized and completely overhyped.

As I mentioned it previously, the actual number of people these "bugs" affect is about .000001 percent of all windows users.
 
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Steve Adams said:
Please post your responses. Interested!

Where Apple are uber secretive about their inner workings of their OS sniffing, I bet there won't be very much info on what they are actually doing behind the scenes. But it's just as bad as Microsoft, users just don't know it.

Linux, Whatever is happening on linux is open to source code and users (if they know how to read the code) and can see exactly what the OS is doing.

Plus, there is this wave of content creators/"media" personalities that love crapping on everything MS does because it gets clicks. Even though most of it is completely sensationalized and completely overhyped.

As I mentioned it previously, the actual number of people these "bugs" affect is about .000001 percent of all windows users.
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I no longer have the output. What I got, though, indicates fingerprints across programs we use including the macOS. Chrome was mentioned as being noisy.
 
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File this under "Do as I say, not as I do" category.

Microsoft sabotages its good work in fixing Windows 11 with this baffling OneDrive Photos app misfire

Even thought they forced LG to stop installing McAfee without the consumer's permission, MS did the same thing.
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Microsoft was in on the LG thing, it's just that received so much backlash they had to backtrack. They removed the photos app as well. Again, after extreme backlash from users. They will never learn. But as I said, this is desperate Nadella trying to squeeze something out of his bad....No wait.....EXTREMELY BAD investment in Ai.
 
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Microsoft was in on the LG thing, it's just that received so much backlash they had to backtrack. They removed the photos app as well. Again, after extreme backlash from users. They will never learn. But as I said, this is desperate Nadella trying to squeeze something out of his bad....No wait.....EXTREMELY BAD investment in Ai.
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I'm not sure how many folks realize that hardware can install software like this if they have the option enabled. I know that is how ASUS Armory Crate and Gigabyte Control Center get installed. You have to disable the option in UEFI/BIOS to not have Windows autoinstall those apps. Another example is GPU drivers getting installed from Windows Update/Store before you can actually install the vendor binary.

Not saying I agree with what LG did, just that they are using a feature available to all device manufacturers in, admittedly, a poopy way.
 
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I'm not sure how many folks realize that hardware can install software like this if they have the option enabled. I know that is how ASUS Armory Crate and Gigabyte Control Center get installed. You have to disable the option in UEFI/BIOS to not have Windows autoinstall those apps. Another example is GPU drivers getting installed from Windows Update/Store before you can actually install the vendor binary.

Not saying I agree with what LG did, just that they are using a feature available to all device manufacturers in, admittedly, a poopy way.
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I didn't know that. I will have to goto bios later and ensure that is shut off. thanks for the information on how they did it.
 
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diamond.g said:
Yeah and the setting gets turned back on with BIOS/UEFI updates 😡....
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Yeah, but that makes sense, as settings tend to be reset after flashing your bios. There's exceptions, but its best to go through your settings to get them back the way you want. I see this more often on motherboards like gigabyte, msi, and not rebuilt brands like lenovo or dell.
 
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Features Microsoft Windows copied from Apple OSX

Over the decades i've noticed Windows copied many many features from Apple OSX. Basically indistinguishable between the latest versions. Here's a short list of things i've noticed. What else am i missing? 1. Aero Glass vs Aqua Transparent and glossy user interface in Windows 7 vs. macOS's...
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Windows is a sad sub-par attempt to copy Mac OS
Only reason it's so popular is the strong marketing they had in the 90's and it caught on.
 
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Features Microsoft Windows copied from Apple OSX

Over the decades i've noticed Windows copied many many features from Apple OSX. Basically indistinguishable between the latest versions. Here's a short list of things i've noticed. What else am i missing? 1. Aero Glass vs Aqua Transparent and glossy user interface in Windows 7 vs. macOS's...
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Windows is a sad sub-par attempt to copy Mac OS
Only reason it's so popular is the strong marketing they had in the 90's and it caught on.
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macOS Copied the Windows 10 weather widget which was actually good. Then Windows 11 replaced it with a webpage which really stinks.

I miss Windows Movie Maker too.

I wish macOS would copy Microsoft Paint. The old one.
 
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Just got the August update come through this morning. Stuff opens noticeably faster. Finally they are thinking about streamlining the back end of Windows to make it faster and even snappier.
 
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Just got the August update come through this morning. Stuff opens noticeably faster. Finally they are thinking about streamlining the back end of Windows to make it faster and even snappier.
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I've not noticed performance improvements but my Yoga is pretty fast anyways. Improvements in Windows might be offset by memory leaks in Firefox which can chew up CPU, even if you're not doing anything.

Firefox is the biggest performance issue and the solution is to restart it. They will eventually fix it but it's a bit of a pain right now.
 
I just use edge and if needed brave. Never have an issue with speed. I found outlook and the store slow to open previously but after the update it was much faster
 
Yes, but in all honesty, I have Ublock and adblock installed in Edge, and I don't see ads. I use brave on my iDevices as ad blocking is non existant on safari and Edge on those.
 
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Yes, but in all honesty, I have Ublock and adblock installed in Edge, and I don't see ads. I use brave on my iDevices as ad blocking is non existant on safari and Edge on those.
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