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Big Tech hates the right to repair. But Microsoft is changing its tune. | Grist https://grist.org/technology/microsoft-right-to-repair-quietly-supported-legislation-to-make-it-easier-to-fix-devices-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal/
@kkarhan@mstdn.social@black_intellect I'm not shure about :microsoft: , tho #Microsoft made the #SSD's removeable - unlike 
/ #Apple.
https://youtu.be/OpXizbzeRoc?t=48
Not because they like #RightToRepair but because a lot of #BigBusiness consumers want to be able to #lease & get their #tech #refurbished and require #retention or at least seperate disposal of SSDs & HDDs for #DataProtection & #ITsec reasons...
Espechally since #Hardware & #OneTimePurchase #Software ain't their core business, but rather the "razer handle" aka. gateway to their #subscription services.
Making almost no #profit on an #Xbox or #Surface device is fine, cuz those will be bought by people who then buy #Games and pay for #subscriptions to #XboxGamePass & #XboxLive or #Office365 & #Outlook + #Exchange on #Azure respectably...
@black_intellect In fact, I'm convinced that #Microsoft's board hasn't yet axed #OneTimePurchase versions of #Windows ["#Server"] and #Office due to existing #distribution and #licensing agreements.
Otherwise they would've pulled an #Atlassian long ago and made all their products #cloud + #subscription - only...
@kkarhan @black_intellect suspect if they made it sub/cloud they'd lose a *lot* to LibreOffice
@pixelpusher220 @black_intellect don't underestimate the lazyness of and gullibility of [mostly #TechIlliterate] people!
Some still use #AdobeReader 10 years after PDF.js got introduced to all relevant Browsers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=158bJFTETRI
@pixelpusher220 @black_intellect I literally met people in 2017 that claimed I could not run #Office365 on #Linux even tho I literally did just that and put them into nice containers:
https://github.com/webapp-crew
@kkarhan To be fair, there are still cases, especially with printing and hi-res B&W scans, where native #PDF viewers like Acrobat and Foxit blow away the competition. For these situations, I still happily install native viewers for my users.
But for those on MacOS, Preview on Mac is probably the best viewer you'll ever use. It makes everything else look bad.
@segv11 I think those documents should be properly OCR'd.
And #Foxit is doing #Bloatware as well, tho not as offensive as #Adobe #Acrobat...
@kkarhan The documents should include OCRed text along with the image, but cheaper copiers don't do that. With Preview, you can search for text and it'll instantly, transparently OCR for you.
It's not possible for us to convert the scan entirely into a document format since they almost always contain signatures.
Yes, Foxit has gone downhill. I don't have a strong preference now, except when people want to buy a PDF editor outright. Foxit is cheaper there. Acrobat is better for prepress.
@kkarhan @black_intellect fair, up to us techies to guide them. My Mom is Uber tech illiterate and she's been happily using Thunderbird and LibreOffice for years
@pixelpusher220 @black_intellect *nodds in agreeement*
I tend to forcibly migrate everything to #Ubuntu LTS and provide users with a quick hands-on.
After all, most users don't care if they use Windows, macOS, Linux or even Solaris nor if they use Outlook, Geary, Thunderbird or whether they use Firefox or Chrome.
All they care about is that shit works and they can just consoom shit, edit stuff, send & recieve eMails and be fine with that.
Nothing more or less...