Apple is no longer able to convince people to upgrade as frequently as they had in the past, because Apple is no longer able to come up with good reasons for those customers to upgrade.
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Microsoft is starting to look desperate for ongoing customers, and they have realized they cannot compete when they stay within the guidelines that everyone else respects..
The huge move from analog to digital for media should have made it easier to cross national boundaries. Instead, the media companies have chosen intentionally to make it more difficult, slicing and dicing territories to optimize profit regardless of the effects upon ease of use.
...it is hilarious to me that there are actually people here who will defend MS...
It wouldn't surprise me if there were paid shills defending Microsoft on the boards. Probably wouldn't be the first time Microsoft did something like that.
...It's easy to believe you're getting diverse perspectives when you see stories on Facebook....
No it isn't easy to believe that.
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What is easy to believe is that you are getting perspectives that fit into your belief bubble. You are liking the things you want to see more of, that is why you click the like button.
(instead of starting a new sub-heading, I chose to use the Filter Bubble sub-heading that was already available. No sense in duplication.)
... and not what you can solve. - or- When all you know about is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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The major problem facing the Dept of Homeland Security is not its working COBOL system. The major problem facing the Dept of Homeland Security is that it cannot get enough candidates for its jobs.
Maybe the focus should be more on how the Department can attract more qualified candidates, and less on fixing its working computer systems.
The aggression with which Microsoft is trying to push people to Windows 10 makes the monthly subscription fee for the Windows service appear all the more likely.
I don't agree with how they're doing it, but the simple fact is that Microsoft is totally done supporting Windows 7 for home users.
Windows 7 until 2020, baby, 2020.
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Microsoft has stated they will support Windows 7 until the year 2020. They cannot renege on that. Otherwise who would believe them when they say they won't make Windows 10 a monthly subscription service?
If Microsoft feels it needs to look like a malware-distributor in order to get Windows 10 on its customers' PCs, then the uptake of Windows 10 must not be as good as Microsoft needs it to be. In fact, it may be much worse, much, much worse.
If I have to pay for updates, then any and all of the pre-installed bloated apps and tracking software must be removed from my phone. The only software on the phone should be software I choose to install.
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Then, and only then, would I be willing to pay a reasonable (for me, not the money-grabbing vendor) for Android updates.
...The FCC is the same agency that gave us the nipple-protection panic and the Broadcast Flag....
If you've been following the FCC recently, instead of complaining about it, you would notice that the current FCC chairman is very much on the side of consumers. He's been pushing back on the cable and ISP industries quite hard. Some want him to push even harder. He just might.
from TFA: Based on "customer feedback", Microsoft said it would add another notification that provided customers with "an additional opportunity for cancelling the upgrade".
How many friggin' times do I have to tell Microsoft that I DO NOT WANT WINDOWS 10 ON MY PCs?
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If Microsoft is this tone deaf about my desires now, what would it be like when/if I ever decide to upgrade to Windows 10, what will I lose control of then?
Worth repeating: "Give strong financial incentives to manufactures to partner with google to offer the option of direct-from-google 'pure' firmware that customers can elect to install AFTER purchasing the device. with all the manufacturer and carrier customization offered to said users as apps in a special section of the play store."
...I think the "this is costing us more than it used to" explanation fits the facts pretty well....
Built into its pricing model, Amazon had costs for the "refund if the price goes lower" policy. Once too many people started obtaining those refunds, then the cost of that policy exceeded the budgeted costs, and Amazon started to lose money (or not make enough money) on the transactions. So Amazon discontinued the policy, figuring that they would not lose enough business to outweigh the cost of continuing the policy.
As it stands at the moment, Android devices take months to get security and OS updates, if they get them at all. For me, that is, BY FAR, the biggest disadvantage of Android-based devices. Any difficulties or annoyances due to the need to type in a password absolutely pales in comparison to the apparently lax security policies of the Android environment.
Legal assaults have always been done against those who are not able to [usually cannot afford to] mount a defense. What is different nowadays is that the Internet allows the news of such tactics to be broadcast widely to a larger audience.
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Apple is no longer able to convince people to upgrade as frequently as they had in the past, because Apple is no longer able to come up with good reasons for those customers to upgrade.
...There are many questions here, one of which is why is Microsoft ignoring Google's guidelines and using the notification tray to display ads?...
Probably for the same reason that Microsoft is ignoring their own guidelines and making the "X" dismissal of a dialog box mean "OK, do it".
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Microsoft is starting to look desperate for ongoing customers, and they have realized they cannot compete when they stay within the guidelines that everyone else respects..
The huge move from analog to digital for media should have made it easier to cross national boundaries. Instead, the media companies have chosen intentionally to make it more difficult, slicing and dicing territories to optimize profit regardless of the effects upon ease of use.
Better feed it. :)
...it is hilarious to me that there are actually people here who will defend MS...
It wouldn't surprise me if there were paid shills defending Microsoft on the boards. Probably wouldn't be the first time Microsoft did something like that.
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Microsoft missed the 'no means no' portion of sex-ed class...
I still have the dark blue Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager book bag that was given out at a tech conference back in the day.
...It's easy to believe you're getting diverse perspectives when you see stories on Facebook....
No it isn't easy to believe that.
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What is easy to believe is that you are getting perspectives that fit into your belief bubble. You are liking the things you want to see more of, that is why you click the like button.
(instead of starting a new sub-heading, I chose to use the Filter Bubble sub-heading that was already available. No sense in duplication.)
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The major problem facing the Dept of Homeland Security is not its working COBOL system. The major problem facing the Dept of Homeland Security is that it cannot get enough candidates for its jobs.
Maybe the focus should be more on how the Department can attract more qualified candidates, and less on fixing its working computer systems.
The aggression with which Microsoft is trying to push people to Windows 10 makes the monthly subscription fee for the Windows service appear all the more likely.
I don't agree with how they're doing it, but the simple fact is that Microsoft is totally done supporting Windows 7 for home users.
Windows 7 until 2020, baby, 2020.
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Microsoft has stated they will support Windows 7 until the year 2020. They cannot renege on that. Otherwise who would believe them when they say they won't make Windows 10 a monthly subscription service?
...Microsoft recommends people upgrade their operating system to the newest one....
The recommending is not the problem. The how many times do I have to tell Microsoft "NO!" is the problem.
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Updategate: Microsoft reinstalls piss-U-off-qwik Windows 10 virus, again
Microsoft missed the 'no means no' portion of sex-ed class...
If Microsoft feels it needs to look like a malware-distributor in order to get Windows 10 on its customers' PCs, then the uptake of Windows 10 must not be as good as Microsoft needs it to be. In fact, it may be much worse, much, much worse.
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Then, and only then, would I be willing to pay a reasonable (for me, not the money-grabbing vendor) for Android updates.
...The FCC is the same agency that gave us the nipple-protection panic and the Broadcast Flag....
If you've been following the FCC recently, instead of complaining about it, you would notice that the current FCC chairman is very much on the side of consumers. He's been pushing back on the cable and ISP industries quite hard. Some want him to push even harder. He just might.
...Where is the government when we truly needs them?...
GOP budget bill would kill net neutrality and FCC’s set-top box plan
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It looks like the Republicans that control Congress are firmly in the grip of the cable and ISP lobbyists.
from TFA: Based on "customer feedback", Microsoft said it would add another notification that provided customers with "an additional opportunity for cancelling the upgrade".
How many friggin' times do I have to tell Microsoft that I DO NOT WANT WINDOWS 10 ON MY PCs?
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If Microsoft is this tone deaf about my desires now, what would it be like when/if I ever decide to upgrade to Windows 10, what will I lose control of then?
Worth repeating: "Give strong financial incentives to manufactures to partner with google to offer the option of direct-from-google 'pure' firmware that customers can elect to install AFTER purchasing the device. with all the manufacturer and carrier customization offered to said users as apps in a special section of the play store."
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I've got an Android tablet that is running an ancient version of Android, and the vendor appears to have no intent to update it.
Google has been far too lax with this very significant problem for far too long.
How long before Microsoft's Windows 10 strategy sees a similar fate because it has angered so many Microsoft customers?
...I think the "this is costing us more than it used to" explanation fits the facts pretty well....
Built into its pricing model, Amazon had costs for the "refund if the price goes lower" policy. Once too many people started obtaining those refunds, then the cost of that policy exceeded the budgeted costs, and Amazon started to lose money (or not make enough money) on the transactions. So Amazon discontinued the policy, figuring that they would not lose enough business to outweigh the cost of continuing the policy.
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It's Retail Business 101.
I guess it was more successful than I had thought.
to ask for the refund, however, when a larger number of customers started asking for the refund, then it was no longer cost-effective.
As it stands at the moment, Android devices take months to get security and OS updates, if they get them at all. For me, that is, BY FAR, the biggest disadvantage of Android-based devices. Any difficulties or annoyances due to the need to type in a password absolutely pales in comparison to the apparently lax security policies of the Android environment.
Legal assaults have always been done against those who are not able to [usually cannot afford to] mount a defense. What is different nowadays is that the Internet allows the news of such tactics to be broadcast widely to a larger audience.