Collaborate Disseminate
Over a year ago, I warned that Microsoft was silently enabling OneDrive Folder backup after it had asked me to enable this feature and I had declined the offer multiple times. This claim was met by disbelief. Microsoft would never do something that nef… Continue reading Taking a Walk on the Wild Side (Premium)
Those of us old enough to remember BBS servers or even rainbow banners often go down the nostalgia hole about how the internet was better “back in the day” than …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: [Cory Doctorow] with an Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet’s Enshittification and Throw It Into Reverse
The modern web has become difficult to navigate without ad blocking software. Ford now has a patent that would bring the ads we hate to your vehicle’s infotainment system. [via …read more Continue reading Will You Need Ad Block for Your Car?
Thanks a lot, Elon. Or maybe not, depending on how this report that China used Starlink signals to detect low-observable targets pans out. There aren’t a lot of details, and …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 22, 2024
I’ve had a troubled relationship with The New York Times for decades, dating back to its terrible, one-sided tech coverage in the early 2000s. But the problems have only escalated in recent years.
At a high level, I find it offensive that I pay a lot f… Continue reading Sign o’ the Times (Premium)
Valentin Radu’s useful ExplorerPatcher now supports Windows 11 version 24H2, including Arm64, and a new Taskbar implementation.
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I’m getting ahead of myself here, but in writing up Win11Debloat yesterday after a week or so of testing, a thought occurred. When I finish up this year’s .NETpad modernization project, perhaps my next coding project could be a Windows 11 de-enshittifi… Continue reading The Next Coding Project (Premium)
I’ve spent much of this past year seeking solutions to the creeping enshittification in Windows 11. And I’ve made some progress.
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In an ideal world, we would pay companies for the products and services we use in a win for both sides of these relationships. But the inherent nature of capitalism has always contorted the benefits of competition—more choices, lower prices, and so on—… Continue reading Netflix Sucks and So Does Spotify and All the Rest (Premium)
When it comes to Windows 11, OneDrive, and enshittification, I’m the canary in this particular coal mine. And I have something new to report.
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