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Giu176 ,

Finally, clock 2

pastaPersona ,

The most annoying thing with these updates is the way they don’t give you any kind of indication of what’s happening on your system during an update.

Have had cases where an application was ‘updating’ and looking in task manager/networking tab I can see no network traffic and no disk usage, seemingly hung up for 15 minutes or longer.

dylanTheDeveloper ,
@dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

Literally just useing the sleep function and pinging random domains

MangoPenguin ,
@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

For some reason windows will update their own app from their own app store, and then immediately apply another update when you open the app.

Their whole system is so hacked together.

Jezebelley ,

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    Nobsi ,
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    Where is the timer? I dont have one. I need to install one through apt

    atyaz ,

    The way allah intended

    PrimePathPioneer ,

    One minute timer: sleep 60 ; tput bel

    bucketofcandyfloss ,

    Ah yes I need to update my lock so I can get the latest ads and spyware.

    ClumsyTomato ,
    @ClumsyTomato@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    Just yesterday it requested me to verify my account (with a full UAC dialog) before opening the clock app. I guess it was trying to sync (?) the custom alarms/timers (??) between my devices (???) but… WTF, Microsoft.

    laxmanndhotre ,

    It seems you opened clock for the first time, that’s why it’s updating

    veni_vedi_veni ,

    It’s a smart clock

    Comptero ,

    The smarter the tech, the dumber the privacy agreement

    zeppo ,
    @zeppo@lemmy.world avatar

    For your food windows?

    Knusper ,

    I misread that, too. With punctuation, it would be:

    …for my food. Windows, why?!

    (They’re addressing the Windows operating system.)

    krush_groove ,

    That’s not misreading, that’s miswriting!

    xavier666 ,

    Windows: Feed me!

    Sanyanov ,

    with your data

    dylanTheDeveloper ,
    @dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

    Order corn

    chicken ,

    I would like to move into a paradigm of no software updates for things software updates are not appropriate for.

    Potatos_are_not_friends ,

    You’ve seen clock. How about CLOCK 2.0, with customizable options like crypto AI blockchain?

    dual_sport_dork ,
    @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar

    And we made it better by removing several features, but we made the font really big and thin, and added a bunch of whitespace around everything so it takes up a ton of room. That makes it modern and “accessible,” see?

    sergih ,

    hate how the touchscreen paradigm of windoes 8 never left

    rodneylives ,

    CLOCK 2.0, coming soon, free with ads!

    Knusper ,

    Well, either roll such updates out centrally, which Windows is capable of, I don’t know why they don’t use it here.

    Or make it an entirely optional download, where the user can decide when to download.

    Or just make the update process less shit. Don’t block usage until the update is applied. And ideally just swap out the files in the background, although unfortunately that really isn’t easily doable on Windows.

    chicken ,

    roll such updates out

    This seems counter to the goal of not having updates

    Knusper ,

    Yes, I was listing ways this could be solved without throwing out the baby with the bath water. For one, to point out that they really did actively choose the worst option.
    But also, because as a professional software developer, I’m sympathetic to needing to roll out updates, even if they’re not security-relevant, since you can’t perfect your code before shipping.

    Having said that, I do think, the professional/commercial software development model is terrible for such basic utility applications. Use an open-source application instead, where the hobbyist dev does have the time and passion to perfect the code before shipping it.

    chicken ,

    I just want owning a piece of software to be like owning a physical object again. It has its own look, it’s own behaviors and quirks, and you choose it for those and come to rely on it for what it is and what it does. That this can all be pulled out from under you at any time without your say-so runs counter to user agency.

    Also, as a developer I’m just lazy and want to be able to publish projects and then not have to keep updating them for 20 years.

    floofloof ,

    And updates at non-intrusive times for the rest. I’ve been late for so many meetings when Zoom insists on doing some painfully slow update. (I know I could open it 5 minutes earlier but it’s still a bad user experience.)

    egeres ,
    @egeres@lemmy.world avatar

    Duh, obviously you need to create a windows account to use the clock app 🙄

    freeman ,

    shit drives me bonkers. I tried to get the Dolby Atmos plugin. Has to be done on the store, which HAS to be signed into windows. No i dont want any of that. let me buy it from your site and redeem a code or something. I dont want to sign into the store. at all.

    I just went with the alternative. Installing the logitech control software, restricting its internet access but using its dolby DTS features.

    dual_sport_dork ,
    @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar

    Is that a paid app?

    Because as dumb as the Windows Store is, you can still download and install anything provided it’s a free app without a Microsoft account still. I just tried it and it still works, although I didn’t try an exhaustive list of apps. If it gives you a pop up nagging about a Microsoft account, just cancel out of the log in pop up and the app will still download and install.

    freeman ,

    It is. You are allowed to download it as it has a trial. But when it’s time to pay the only way is through a logged in account on the Microsoft store.

    zipzoopaboop ,

    Just had a similar issue with Samsung watch. Go to time food and the entire ui changed that I need to figure out but my food is on the grill already

    DarkDarkHouse ,
    @DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    At some point we need to develop the steps to help people out of these abusive relationships.

    Cannacheques ,

    New calendar system incoming lol

    c0mbatbag3l ,
    @c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world avatar

    And once again the community proves that it needs renamed to c/MicrosoftSucks because that’s the only type of content you’ll find here.

    ArmokGoB ,

    You forgot about reposted pictures of restaurant receipts.

    pHr34kY ,

    The early pioneers of Lemmy are mostly software developers. Software memes will remain overrepresented until more diverse waves of people join.

    c0mbatbag3l ,
    @c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world avatar

    Which is why they won’t join, they see it as being only a place for vegan Linux bros. It’s a self destructive cycle that you can only end with better moderation.

    ironeagl ,

    Then become a moderator!

    ArmokGoB ,

    Great advice! Up there with telling homeless people to “Just buy a house.”

    cley_faye ,

    I just opened the latest messages in there :

    • broken university form
    • some broken captcha
    • a split kitchen sink
    • windows 10 bugging people about accounts
    • this post
    • a pyramid scheme about books idk
    • something about devices with bad batteries
    • road stuff
    • restaurant bill
    • paypal
    • linux stuff
    • adobe
    • youtube
    • youtube
    • a karen in central park
    • microsoft teams
    • instagram
    • cars
    • shrinkflation at IKEA
    • mobile roaming prices

    That’s… two posts about Microsoft. Clearly the only type of content you’ll find here.

    uhmbah ,

    +1 gold

    Oooops, forgot I wasn’t on reddit…

    GroteStreet ,

    That’s… two posts

    Three, actually. While I agree with you, it is still arguably the number one company that annoys people on that list ʘ‿ʘ

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