[–] newoldwave 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
So that's why WIN 10 keeps bugging me about OneDrive. Well, I don't have any mobile devices so piss off, MS.
OneDrive (and/or DropBox and the like) are pretty nice though in the sense that they're a lot more redundant than local storage. I'll be the first to admit I don't back up my personal files as much as I should, and I've had the "oh shit" moment back in grad school where I thought that a very, very long paper + presentation project was lost when a laptop bit the dust...and then remembered that I could just get my files from one of my teammate's machines over the good old web.
Not saying anyone should count on these services as a backup solution, but I've used both OneDrive and DropBox for a long, long time, and I haven't lost any data on them. I've definitely had to perform recovery actions or straight up lost data from local hard drives.
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[–] Ghetto_Shitlord ago
It'll take Google 10 years to get it to function right. I just have 0 faith in them doing anything related to operating systems, they just can't get right.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
That's not entirely true, you CAN sideload uwp apps, but
a. Why would you want to?
b. Its off by default, and the option is buried pretty deep. The average user won't change that setting, and it has apocalyptic warnings of viruses when you try to disable it, even though a rouge x86 app can do just as much (or actually more) damage.
c. Who's to say MS doesn't remove this ability later.
[–] skidmark-steve 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Yes, I really, really, want to see Google wreck Microsoft's policy of charging $100 per copy of Windows when we build a consumer PC. That would be awesome. Microsoft is already being squeezed when it comes to pre-installed Windows on low-cost devices, even forced to give it away in many cases!
Interestingly enough, Firefox says "pre-installed" is a misspelling. When I right-click on it, one of the suggestions is "pee-installed" (I am not joking). That's pretty hilarious.
[–] Troll ago
And users last. kek