A Microsoft update prevented some Windows PCs from shutting down, adding to the perception that it's forgetting the basics in favor of AI.
  • hector@lemmy.today
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    21 days ago

    They already removed the ability to take the battery out of electronics, especially ones with the ability to record audio and visual I suspect.

    Why did all of the manufacturers decide to prevent the battery from being detatchable at the same time? It almost has to be pressure from government no? There is no seeming legitimate reason they should change it as such.

    So if it won’t turn off like in this article, there is no way to force it to. If hackers are in there there is no way to stop them in their tracks, you have to ask for permission from the device’s controls that could be interfered with.

    I have seen phones that were like this, no physical buttons to force a restart even, you need a screen touch button to finish the restart, and the screen stops responding.

    • very_well_lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 days ago

      Why did all of the manufacturers decide to prevent the battery from being detatchable at the same time? It almost has to be pressure from government no? There is no seeming legitimate reason they should change it as such.

      I think this has less to do with government surveillance and much, much more to do with simple corporate greed.

      If you can’t replace the battery in your device, then your only choice is to buy a new one when the battery inevitably dies. Planned obsolescence in the age of portable tech.

  • bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    “The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely” (1984).

    “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment.”

  • biofaust@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    I have been requested to work from home tomorrow since our IT manager “has to” wipe my laptop and install Windows 11. I am happy to work from my Linux Gaming PC at least for one day before having to face this abyss of idiocy.