Microsoft to deprecate and remove the Location History feature in Windows.
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Theyre not removing it.
They are removing the local storage only and privacy settings around it.
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The Cortana version of it specifically, it seems?
People tend to overreact to Microsoft announcements (see last week's panic about an out-of-context policy change for OEMs misreported as a lack of support for older Intel chips), but in fairness MS doesn't make it easy with the obtuse way they communicate in a whole bunch of areas.
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Theyre not removing it.
They are removing the local storage only and privacy settings around it.
Oh man , I am staying on Windows 10 for as long as I can..
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So opposite of what Google Maps did?
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Oh man , I am staying on Windows 10 for as long as I can..
Start dual booting with Linux just to give it a try so won't have to remove Windows as you give it a test drive. That's what I did and I found out that Linux isn't as bad or cryptic as some people make it seem. Haven't even booted into my windows in over a month now.
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So opposite of what Google Maps did?
What? All Google services have always been corrupt data theft systems.
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Oh man , I am staying on Windows 10 for as long as I can..
I am really hoping they will provide at least 2 more years of updates for everyone (perhaps the EU can force them to).
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The Cortana version of it specifically, it seems?
People tend to overreact to Microsoft announcements (see last week's panic about an out-of-context policy change for OEMs misreported as a lack of support for older Intel chips), but in fairness MS doesn't make it easy with the obtuse way they communicate in a whole bunch of areas.
They don't make it easy with the constant fucking of their own consumers. It should be expected that people assume the worst because that's what they've been conditioned to expect for the last 10 years.
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Start dual booting with Linux just to give it a try so won't have to remove Windows as you give it a test drive. That's what I did and I found out that Linux isn't as bad or cryptic as some people make it seem. Haven't even booted into my windows in over a month now.
Linux is user-centric but it's also a giant pain in the ass to use. Right now my laptop boots up when I shut it down and close the lid, so I have a perpetually dead battery, and I can't seem to pass access to the camera to any apps at all. That's just today's problems.
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Start dual booting with Linux just to give it a try so won't have to remove Windows as you give it a test drive. That's what I did and I found out that Linux isn't as bad or cryptic as some people make it seem. Haven't even booted into my windows in over a month now.
Nah. Just go all in with Slackware.
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What? All Google services have always been corrupt data theft systems.
Correct.
But Google Maps used to keep location history on their servers if enabled but recently they have announced an end to that and it will be stored locally only, with a window now for downloading your prior data.
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Start dual booting with Linux just to give it a try so won't have to remove Windows as you give it a test drive. That's what I did and I found out that Linux isn't as bad or cryptic as some people make it seem. Haven't even booted into my windows in over a month now.
Oh I use linux already I just have Windows 10 for multiplayer games.
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I am really hoping they will provide at least 2 more years of updates for everyone (perhaps the EU can force them to).
Use Windows 10 ltsc and you will have updates until 2032
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Oh I use linux already I just have Windows 10 for multiplayer games.
Which online games are you trying to play? I've had pretty decent luck with most online games. Can even play Helldiver's 2.
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They don't make it easy with the constant fucking of their own consumers. It should be expected that people assume the worst because that's what they've been conditioned to expect for the last 10 years.
Does location data get stored on their servers or elsewhere?
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Linux is user-centric but it's also a giant pain in the ass to use. Right now my laptop boots up when I shut it down and close the lid, so I have a perpetually dead battery, and I can't seem to pass access to the camera to any apps at all. That's just today's problems.
Laptops not designed for Linux sometimes have weird hardware problems -- someday I will buy a computer specifically built for Linux so everything works -- either that or get an old thinkpad and just live with it being slow.
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Which online games are you trying to play? I've had pretty decent luck with most online games. Can even play Helldiver's 2.
HellDivers 2 runs like a dream. It plays because it's not PvP.
The problem with every PvP game is that they refuse to allow players online unless they have kernel-level anticheat. That's a dealbreaker, and nobody will negotiate on it.
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Correct.
But Google Maps used to keep location history on their servers if enabled but recently they have announced an end to that and it will be stored locally only, with a window now for downloading your prior data.
....which is actually annoying. It's a good feature
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I understand why managers in big companies would like to think all the past tech capital matters, so legacy matters, and why their customers like to think it makes something better.
I wrote a bit more and erased it.
I don't think problems solved by desktop operating systems today are qualitatively different from 20 years ago. They are different in structure and direction, which required significant evolution from Windows on Intel, but wouldn't so much, say, from Amiga were it to remain a living branch.
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Oh man , I am staying on Windows 10 for as long as I can..
Upgrade to W10 Enterprise IOT LTSC and you’ll get security updates until 2032. Search mass gravel and read the W10 EOL guide. Took me 10 minutes with no data loss.
