You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users::Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a "system component" that can't be

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Imagine how much better the computing landscape would be today if we actually prevented MS from doing anticompetitive and often straight-up illegal stuff in the 90s to gain their monopoly

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      1 year ago

      Actually I kinda don’t want to, because we might not have been quite as driven to get Linux to the point it is at

    • rwhitisissle@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That would require government oversight and accountability. Best I can do is regulatory capture and the continued gutting of American anti-trust law.