Re: Pulling dick moves has historically worked really well for Apple.
name 6 dick moves from apple
Posts by Packet
167 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Sep 2011
Windows 10 a failure by Microsoft's own metric – it won't hit one billion devices by mid-2018
Since you love Flash so much, Adobe now has TWO versions for you
IBM scraps loyal staffer gifts in favour of... a congratulatory social page
'I urge everyone to fight back' – woman wins $10k from Microsoft over Windows 10 misery
Tuesday 28th June 2016 16:34 GMT
Re: Have heard of at least 2 cases
Posting as I went through something rather similar - friend contacted me asking if there was a photo viewer application in Windows 10 akin to Windows Live Photos.
I was rather surprised to hear of such a request and asked why.
His response was that there was a big Windows 10 upgrade window on his Windows 7 desktop and he thought it was a mandatory requirement to move to 10.
Upon informing him that he did not need to be force-marched to Windows 10, that Windows 7 was still supported until 2020, he chose to not go through the upgrade process.
The last action required the downloading and installing of a blocker such as the GWX control panel tool.
Facebook Messenger: All your numbers are belong to us
Wednesday 20th January 2016 13:45 GMT
Re: Not me Zuck.
if you're using a mobile browser for facebook and ostensibly other things, i take it you are aware of the facebook cookies that will follow you all over the web as part of your regular browsing (unless you're only browsing anonymously / privately) and even then, there are session cookies to contend with....
Microsoft steps up Windows 10 nagging
Don't want to upgrade to Windows 10? You'll download it WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT
Friday 11th September 2015 14:15 GMT
Rubbish (re: automatic updates)
I have not enabled download or install updates automatically.
I also religiously clean out C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download
I have those telemetry updates uninstalled / never installed in the first place.
Yet, I still found ~2.36 GB of "windows update" after running disk cleanup as an admin.
WTF?!?!
Evil Wi-Fi kills iPhones, iPods in range – 'No iOS Zone' SSL bug revealed
Wednesday 22nd April 2015 15:14 GMT
Re: Force connection?
I believe you're incorrect.
Once you have "ask to join networks" disabled, it will not automatically search for new networks (and accordingly, there will be no popup asking you to choose a newly found network)
If you have connected to a network in the past, it will connect to that automatically.
From the apple manual:
Ask to join networks: Turn on Ask to Join Networks to be prompted when a Wi-Fi network
is available. Otherwise, you must manually join a network when a previously used network
isn’t available
Biting the hand that feeds IT
