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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • My company was pushing MacBooks and iMacs on developers for years, now they’re reversing course. I’m guessing it’s a combination of the upfront cost and the hassle of enterprise administration, tech support, and security having to officially handle 2 different OS’s. It’s much easier to have everyone on similar setups, and Windows is basically the “default” OS for corporate users.















  • Had to set up a new laptop for someone over the weekend and Jesus they just won’t stop begging you not to switch.

    Search for another browser in the URL/search bar, gigantic banner that pushes the actual search results off the page: “There’s no need to switch browsers, Edge is safe, fast, etc etc etc”

    Click the download button for Chrome’s installer, a pop-up notification shows up: “Edge is built on the same technology as Chrome, with the added trust and security of Microsoft” (fucking lol)

    Go to switch the default browser in settings, another pop-up shows up again explaining that Edge is the greatest thing since sliced bread, I have to click either “Try Edge (recommended)” or “switch anyway”.

    Then I spend 30 minutes navigating their maze of a settings app to change a bunch of ad preferences, etc.

    Then I spend another 30 minutes editing registry entries to disable Cortana, Bing search in the search bar, recommended apps.

    God damn I’m glad I switched to Linux.