Speaking to Windows Weekly, Microsoft Marketing chief Chris Capossela explained that users who choose Windows 7 do so “at your own risk, at your own peril” and he revealed Microsoft has concerns about its future software and hardware compatibility, security and more.
[...] There’s only one problem with Capossela’s statements: they are complete rubbish. Windows 7 is no less secure than Windows 10 (it will be supported until 2020) and no less compatible with new hardware and software. In fact its far greater market share means it is developers’ priority and has greater compatibility with legacy programmes and peripherals. If Fallout 4 won’t run on your Windows 7 computer, it will be upgrading your components not installing Windows 10 which fixes that.
As for fragmentation, the only issue that creates is for Microsoft and its target of getting one billion devices running Windows 10 within 2-3 years of release.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by TheGratefulNet on Monday January 04 2016, @11:06PM
if I have to try more than 3 times to see a page by unraveling my blockers, I will give up and not try again.
I take it as a sign of 'we are evil' and so I don't worry about not going there.
no big deal. some sites are obnoxious in how their 'code' runs. fuck them - if that's how they want to be, I want no part of them, so the feeling is mutual.
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 2) by Marand on Monday January 04 2016, @11:14PM
Yeah, I'm the same way, though you may be slightly more forgiving than I normally am. If I had hit that page on a search or linked from another page I would have just closed the tab as soon as I saw that it displayed nothing with NoScript enabled. I do not tolerate sites that can't at least display some useful text when JS is disabled.
The only reason I even bothered this time is I was curious how bad it was that it got a special notice at the end.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday January 05 2016, @01:57PM
An internet generation ago if you ran into a flash based website you knew it was trash and best avoided. The clickbait of its era.
Today, same story, but for extensive javascript and tracking. If Ghostery lists more than 30 blocked items, just skip that page, its worthless.