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361 points robenkleene | 4 comments | 23 May 20 09:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.81s | source
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MintelIE ◴[23 May 20 18:52 UTC] No.23285409[source]▶
Why don't companies come out and tell people what they're doing these days? Telemetry is getting to the point where people such as doctors and lawyers might be violating the law by using a modern computer. And people in the defense industry? Doesn't Apple employ thousands of forns? Who's audited their datasystems and ensured that this stuff stays private?

Much easier and better to just stop using it all and move to a system like Linux or BSD. 99% of people do everything in a browser these days anyhow.

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ancarda ◴[23 May 20 21:01 UTC] No.23286398[source]▶
If only moving to Linux were an option for everyone.

The other day I tried for the 100th time to move to Linux. I installed a recent build of a maintained, popular distribution (no it doesn't matter which one - I have tried them all), on hardware that is famous for it's Linux support.

Everything worked for a day and a half, then the sound just fucking died. No input or output.

I get millions of people use Linux daily, and are happy with it -- I'm genuinely grateful that's a thing. I would love to also use Linux, but I really don't have the time to diagnose why it broke yet again.

Any suggestions for people stuck on macOS? I guess I could block all Apple domains in my DNS resolver? Other than app updates, I can't think of anything that would stop working. That still sounds less painful than trying to deal with Linux's atrocious UX.

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1. jariel ◴[24 May 20 00:19 UTC] No.23287906[source]▶
This answer misses the point in a really big way.

Until my mother can use Linux, almost nobody will.

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2. beagle3 ◴[24 May 20 00:29 UTC] No.23287974[source]▶
Lots of mothers already use Linux. Yours may be special in this respect but that does not imply much about anybody else.
3. markstos ◴[24 May 20 00:52 UTC] No.23288099[source]▶
Multiple mothers in my family use Linux. The volume and nature of tech support questions are often not OS-specific. Last issue I dealt with was a dusty DVD Drive that needed to be replaced.
4. ancarda ◴[24 May 20 04:12 UTC] No.23289023[source]▶
I mean, sound not working is pretty user hostile too. But yeah, I have come to the conclusion Linux isn't right for me. Sadly neither is Windows, and macOS is rapidly getting worse.

Do you remember when computers were fun?