It beats the alternative of Microsoft's support forums where thousands comment for weeks straight INCLUDING paid Indian "representatives" who ask for user diagnostic tool output, copy/pasting the same reply eleventeen thousand times a day, on a post from 8 years ago BUT not a single person has ever posted their solution EXCEPT "I reinstalled Windows."
The average Winblows user doesn't even know how to lock the screen without using their mouse or touchpad. Don't give me that "It's hard for people" bullshit. Most people can barely handle recognizing icons, which are the same regardless of OS.
Got the prompt earlier this week. Haven't seen any noticeable increase in its DNS requests, but it's not impossible that the hostnames it's reaching out to just aren't in my MANY block lists.271 blocks today and all the same old- analytics.plex.tv.
I don't disagree at all, but morally and legally speaking if "no" means "no", I don't actually see anything wrong with the prompt or the idea itself. If no means "later" or "limit this data", or even "anonymize this data", it's time to revolt.
I agree Jellyfin's pretty rad and DOES prove what can be done for free, I've used both and Plex is a much more "set and forget" and I personally have had more issues with streams breaking/stopping for no reason with Jellyfin- are those probably my fault? Yep, probably borked a setting or misconfigured it- just saying that's my personal experience.
I'm just one idiot making noises with my meat flaps. I'm no authority.
If we find out "I do not consent" opts out, I'm fine with it. If we find out "I do not consent" leads to a "Close our account" page, it's time for pitchforks, especially since they recently had a huge sale on lifetime memberships.
Desktop support huh? Look around your town for little tiny MSPs. There are 3 or so in my little city (I work at one of them) and I've been begging them to hire a tier 1 tech for years. We're busier than HELL.
They insist we "can't afford one" but we'll be able to afford 3 as soon as one of the "partners" finally retires soon.
If you're ok doing remote-tool desktop support and know what you're doing, I have no doubt you're worth $20/hr.
Even if there's no listing or "We're hiring" sign in the window, I say take a chance and walk in to ask.In the mean time, have you considered putting an ad on craigslist/etc?
Best of luck to you fellow geek.
How old are you? When I hit my mid 30s, I started sleeping far less. I'm 45 now and sleeping 12-8am is completely impossible, even with sleeping pills, patches, melotonin- it's all useless and makes NO difference.
Best part of the joke is EXT4 partitions (and BTRFS, ZFS, etc too?) are invisible to Windows, so it's just "flailing its gun" at the wind the whole time.
.. And waste an opportunity to type on my ludicrously expensive mechanical keyboard?
FRIG no