The DRM timebomb

[Skybird]

I decided to put this into Generla Topics, since it is not specifically about a technical probloem, but in essence is a powerpolitical issue affecting whole society.

https://boingboing.net/2016/09/19/hp...ebomb-pri.html

That's why EFF is suing the US government to invalidate section 1201 of the DMCA: because "owning property" means having the "sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe" and if every software-enabled thing can be remote-controlled against your wishes and your interests, then we have abolished personal property altogether, in favor of a neo-feudal system of perpetual corporate ownership -- and because an age in which our computers hold our lives in their hands cannot be an age in which it is illegal to tell you whether your computer is working correctly, for obvious reasons.

Things become worse and worse in the digital world. Microsoft'S GWX war against users, or assaulting users to make them using Windows 10 anyone?

I do not own a smartphone, nor do I intend to get one. I have dramatically cut my dependency on Microsoft, and prepare to cut the remaining ties - gaming - as well, although that comes with some dear losses. But the more time passes by, the ore willing I am to take these losses. I just cant stand the foul smell in the air anymore.

I have even started to look for a used, good conserved mechanical typewriter, non-electric. Readiness is all.

[GT182]

We were warned about this by George Orwell in his book "!984". It seems all those doing this to us also read that book too. Well, it was required reading in some schools. Ever sense then we've all been scrod.... the past tense of screwed. And it's only going to get worse.

The same can be said about Microsoft and it's updates. We have no way of knowing what their updates are for and do. And for some we have no way of not installing them.... that I know of. And if we uninstall them, what happens to our computer. It's the same too with their Operating Systems. They dictate how long we can use them even tho we "Paid" for them. When we can no longer use one, why then are we not reimbursed the money we had to spend to use it? My point is XP, the best OS they ever put out. So now we have nothing but problems with their newest crap that cost us even more.

[Eichhörnchen]

I keep an offline gaming computer with XP and wish I could leave it at that, but I need to be online for business so I have to be sure my O/S will remain compatible with all those things necessary for running it... I can't afford to find one day that none of the antivirus or email will work anymore on my old system.

I hate Windows 10 as much as anybody here, but I'm not savvy enough to change over to Apple or Linux... could I still link up with my customers who are still on Windows?

[Oberon]

Sadly, it's the price you pay for admission.

[Betonov]

Sending private parts photos, entertaining the NSA one erection at a time

[GT182]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I keep an offline gaming computer with XP and wish I could leave it at that, but I need to be online for business so I have to be sure my O/S will remain compatible with all those things necessary for running it... I can't afford to find one day that none of the antivirus or email will work anymore on my old system.

I hate Windows 10 as much as anybody here, but I'm not savvy enough to change over to Apple or Linux... could I still link up with my customers who are still on Windows?

There are some still using XP and online too. How I don't know as that's what I want to do with my fresh reinstall of XP Home. And use it for gaming seeing it's a 32bit system... XP Home. It will play SH3, 4 and 5 without all the problems being encountered today. All 3 were built to run on a 32bit system.

Like you I hate 10 and 8.1. But until I can get XP Home to run as I want, I'll stick with 8.1 only. As for Linux, Microsoft says that's what they be using for their next OS build. Nothing like them sticking it to us as they have been doing.

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Sending private parts photos, entertaining the NSA one erection at a time

Same here, my derrière must be in NSA portraits by know...

[Eichhörnchen]

Originally Posted by GT182

But until I can get XP Home to run as I want, I'll stick with 8.1 only. As for Linux, Microsoft says that's what they be using for their next OS build. Nothing like them sticking it to us as they have been doing.

I got talked into moving 'up' to 10 from 8.1... wish I'd stuck it out longer.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Rhodes

Same here, my derrière must be in NSA portraits by know...

The fact none of us has had a drone over yet, is that someone at NSA is better endowned than us.
Oh well, ces't la vie.

[Jeff-Groves]

I dumped 10 and went back to 7
It's only a matter of time how long I keep it.

[Fubar2Niner]

Ditto

[Jimbuna]

Probably in a minority here but I'm happy with W10

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I got talked into moving 'up' to 10 from 8.1... wish I'd stuck it out longer.

I ran into an unrelated problem and had to reformat my computer. Since it came with 8.1 installed it defaulted back to that OS. I've been with 8.1 ever since.

[Bilge_Rat]

still sticking to Win 7 here.

[GT182]

Jeff, if I can find a reasonably priced disc of Win 7 32bit, I'm going to it and getting away from 8.1. When I bought 8.1 I should have gotten 7 instead. But you know the saying... "You Can't Fix Stupid!.