Windows 8 has many odd issues... Though the biggest thing that keeps me from supporting Windows 8 is the removal of the classic shell(Among other old world options) for no reason what so ever. I used Windows 8 from Milestone 3 all the way through and they didn't remove the classic shell 'til right before the public beta. Overall it's the same reason I don't like Chrome and a lot of modern programs for that matter, they are stripping away your choice to make things look and work the way you want them to and instead force a vision of how they think everything should work, and than follow up by bullying people into moving to the new system for some reason or another.
As for why I'm not worried about "invasive data collection" I know the US government and major companies too well... It doesn't matter how "private" a place can claim to be. Until the entire ecosystem embraces a wholly unbreakable encryption standard with no built in obligatory back doors it's entirely pointless. If you move out of the "privacy" argument and just say it's just plain creepy to have a huge profile built up about the things people do and how they dothem.... Well given what Google dose can you blame them? If you want to provide people with things that are reverent to them are likely what they are looking for you have to know as much as you can about that person. Now one thing to keep in mind also is how important their data collection is to other companies as well. I help a couple of companies understand their Google analytics information and how to apply it to in ways to help them better target their audiences. As an online company the information you can gain from Google's data collection is irreplaceable. You can better target and understand your abundance without having to hound them with endless surveys..etc The downside to this is that you are now targeting the users/people who let you gather information about them, as for all the users hell bent on keeping you from knowing anything about them and their habits... well you can't target them because you don't know anything about them. The only thing that really bugs me about Google's data collection is that they don't obfuscate the data quick or secure enough for my tastes. On Friday, October 25, 2013 10:40:06 AM UTC-7, GeoD wrote: > > Ouch, you struck a chord there, I had managed to stay clear of Windows 8 > until 2 weekends ago. What a bizarre UI! > > Sadly I have to agree on many of your points but 'I could care less about > their "invasive data collection"'? Really? > > At any rate, back to TW5 and sanity, > ~GeoD > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
