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  • @TheRealWoofer
    @TheRealWoofer 2 года назад +999

    This is why I don’t mess with Bitlocker. Would love to for the security, but I don’t trust myself nor MS to not screw me over in situations like this 😂

    • @cancelhandles
      @cancelhandles 2 года назад +131

      You wouldn't believe how little data needs to be corrupted to permanently encrypt every last bit of that protected storage. Ask me how I know.

    • @mxmobile5619
      @mxmobile5619 2 года назад +27

      @@cancelhandles now I have to. How do you know

    • @TheRealWoofer
      @TheRealWoofer 2 года назад +59

      @@cancelhandles Thank you for validating my suspicions of it, man. I shall continue to avoid it and rely on my NAS as my secure backup. I have a big ass magnet for the day I need to truly kill my system, no need to expedite the process 😂

    • @cancelhandles
      @cancelhandles 2 года назад +56

      READ THE EDIT
      @@mxmobile5619 Thanks to my hard drive, still sitting around somewhere, which effectively died in 2018 because it holds the only remaining copy of thousands of my old files, albeit encrypted with little hope of recovery thanks to the damaged Bitlocker Metadata.
      EDIT: I had the recovery key. It didn't help. If you're going to bring up the recovery key, you've already lost and I'm no longer interested in explaining that to each individual. There are SEVERAL copies (yes, copies) of me explaining that the recovery key DID NOT HELP in my case. Find one.

    • @pootispiker2866
      @pootispiker2866 2 года назад +4

      @@cancelhandles Spoken like a bloke who doesn't keep his recovery key backed up

  • @dumpsterdawg
    @dumpsterdawg 2 года назад +244

    James: "This is the U.K. we're talking about, things are different over there"
    How does an Englishman invite a dinosaur for lunch?
    Tea, Rex?

    • @ShaOryDow
      @ShaOryDow 2 года назад +20

      dear god, that's so stupid, but I laughed anyways, so... You got me.

  • @003Jetfire
    @003Jetfire 2 года назад +347

    5:00 This is exactly what people were worried about regarding Apple's similar program. Now we have proof these concerns were legitimate.

    • @RaynmanPlays
      @RaynmanPlays 2 года назад +33

      People are worried for more reasons than that. This just proves that even if the intent of the creators was 100% pure and unbiased, it would still be bad.

    • @LRM12o8
      @LRM12o8 2 года назад +11

      As if any reasonable person actually needed proof... 😪

    • @leonro
      @leonro 2 года назад +16

      I don't think child sexual abuse is widespread enough to warrant automatic detection and report to authorities. Also, most pictures of naked children are likely either children's medical problems or parents thinking their baby is cute. I think all our parents have some of those embarrassing photos.

    • @Garebare1
      @Garebare1 2 года назад

      Next when they brainwash people to thinking anything to do with republicans is evil, they’re going to flag you for having a picture of you at a Trump rally and now you’re a domestic terrorist and on a no fly list and social credit will tank. These are good times we’re headed in

    • @TheRealFoxFire
      @TheRealFoxFire 2 года назад +5

      @@leonro perfectly preserved for their child's wedding.... RIP dignity

  • @miljanvideo
    @miljanvideo 2 года назад +1008

    James could easily be in a sitcom. His delivery is perfect.

    • @moldyshishkabob
      @moldyshishkabob 2 года назад +48

      James and Riley: Bitifully Quick

    • @Google_Does_Evil_Now
      @Google_Does_Evil_Now 2 года назад +18

      @@moldyshishkabob dream pairing. They bounce off each other so well.

    • @chananyaminster2075
      @chananyaminster2075 2 года назад +2

      There's a video of him doing stand up comedy on RUclips

    • @MrGamelover23
      @MrGamelover23 2 года назад +1

      @@chananyaminster2075 well, don't tease us, give us the sauce.

    • @robertgrimm1723
      @robertgrimm1723 2 года назад

      Maybe in Britain.

  • @klaatubob
    @klaatubob 2 года назад +62

    "Behavior is expected" is honest information. They have no intent of letting you be private.

    • @DailyCorvid
      @DailyCorvid 2 года назад +3

      Don't mean to sound impertinent; but why would you (if you really want privacy) put 100% of your data over unsecured wifi into a foreign datacentre?

    • @Snoop_Dugg
      @Snoop_Dugg 2 года назад +5

      The FBI and NSA need that sweet backdoor

    • @Mavendow
      @Mavendow 2 года назад +11

      @@DailyCorvid I got news for you: all your data ends up in a foreign data center. It only depends on whether you chose the data center or your ISP chose for you.

    • @DailyCorvid
      @DailyCorvid 2 года назад +2

      Yes I know, that was my whole point lol privacy does not exist.

    • @sushimshah2896
      @sushimshah2896 2 года назад +1

      @@DailyCorvid exactly, yet isheep keep suggesting the opposite!
      I mean unless you haven't used a smartphone b4 (child, some less developed countries, other reasons), then yeah but most of population has been online for years and every day they give away more info (I mean apps/websites find a way to take more)

  • @koalitaDormilona
    @koalitaDormilona 2 года назад +185

    We shouldn't be so harsh on Apple... after all, they need to be able to earn their money in China, so their leaky VPN is expected and desired behaviour 👀

    • @DailyCorvid
      @DailyCorvid 2 года назад

      It's not leaky at all there are no leaks. No, there is just a leak-proof tube from your account to the CCP's database ;)

    • @rapiddu6482
      @rapiddu6482 2 года назад +11

      I'm sure it is patched in Chinese only version because ccp also uses the same iphones. Govt care more about their data than their citizens when it comes to privacy. But the question is imagine installing tiktok on your iPhone and it being still able to track your cellular IP while on VPN how nice of apple to give user IP data Of USA and various other countries citizens to Chinese authorities. 😵‍💫

    • @muizzsiddique
      @muizzsiddique 2 года назад +4

      @@rapiddu6482 The Chinese government shouldn't care that their real IP address is showing, but they would care if their citizen's address were instead.

    • @rudyj8948
      @rudyj8948 2 года назад

      It's a feature not a bug 🥴

    • @PlatinumEagleStudios
      @PlatinumEagleStudios 2 года назад

      Yeah. They need to earn money so they can pay the Chinese kids they enslave and force to build iPhones for them. And that IS true. Apple got accused of it and admitted to it. It's been on the news. Apple runs a Chinese slave camp.

  • @liftedplane
    @liftedplane 2 года назад +28

    I remember when apple and google said they would start scanning images to "protect" children and that it couldn't be misused or cause false positives. Looks like that worked out great.

    • @randomcomment9992
      @randomcomment9992 2 года назад +4

      there are a big difference between Google and Apple, Apple just wanted to check those images what stored on icloud, so they just don't want to store your illegal images on their servers, the MD5 what they wanted to check is like the plate number on cars, a very unique id for each file, and they only wanted to check those.. But Google actually scanning the images for years.. or do you think the show similar images picked manualy for humans to categorize the images..? they are not just scanning once, they are also saving the result in database for later usage..

    • @MsHumanOfTheDecade
      @MsHumanOfTheDecade 2 года назад

      @@randomcomment9992 Apple would NOT just use MD5, they made a dumb AI that generates non-unique hashes

    • @randomcomment9992
      @randomcomment9992 2 года назад

      @@MsHumanOfTheDecade so you say they will do something similar like google with the show similar images.. what a pity to blame only one of them for this.. just because on of them try to be honest and the other do that in the background, you only can notice one of them..?

  • @sonofludd
    @sonofludd 2 года назад +70

    I work in IT-services, and overseeing a company comprised of about 500 computers this bitlocker thing has been a fun and exhilarating experience.

    • @possamei
      @possamei 2 года назад +1

      best stories?

    • @peperoni_slayer8918
      @peperoni_slayer8918 2 года назад +2

      @@possamei no backup, full wipe. not fun

    • @durdy911
      @durdy911 2 года назад +5

      I'm lucky. I had a whole campaign to manually store keys for our hundreds of devices from June. Because Microsoft's E3 is absolute shit at synchronizing properly when onboarding devices so I learnt the hard way when a few codes weren't available as a result. Spent the entirety of last week sorting this issue out. Granted, we have had just as bad issues with our Dell Encryption which we recently moved away from.

    • @fearmyspork3450
      @fearmyspork3450 2 года назад +1

      my company does as well. sooo much fun

    • @altaafsheik5725
      @altaafsheik5725 2 года назад +1

      Same 😂

  • @darper8568
    @darper8568 2 года назад +76

    I pledge allegiance to the tech news and for the runtimes for which it stands. Many nations under Gaben, with high fps and mods for all

  • @joshuad1716
    @joshuad1716 2 года назад +114

    What a random upload time

    • @ulogy
      @ulogy 2 года назад +8

      Peak traffic hour, right when folks are looking at their subscriptions feed

    • @denis2381
      @denis2381 2 года назад

      Stop harrasing me

    • @Illuminati_HD
      @Illuminati_HD 2 года назад +2

      2:30 am....

    • @denis2381
      @denis2381 2 года назад

      @@Illuminati_HD moin

    • @alvzcizzler
      @alvzcizzler 2 года назад +2

      It's Riley's fault

  • @waveformdistortion
    @waveformdistortion 2 года назад +286

    Is Apple going to sell replacement displays, or replacement top cases? It's an important distinction, as by selling the entire top case they're selling a substantial number of extra parts that are probably still perfectly usable on your existing device. It's a question worth asking because that's also how they pad the bottom line on their own repair services as well.

    • @GoldenSun3DS
      @GoldenSun3DS 2 года назад

      The program only exists to gaslight the lawmakers into thinking that we don't need right to repair. It's not supposed to be good. They still want you to just buy a new device.

    • @Nate1994a
      @Nate1994a 2 года назад +6

      Apple only offers hinge up display replacements. And as for the top case, it's always going to include the keyboard depending on the model, it may also include the battery, trackpad, and or touch bar. I can't see them offering different parts from what they offer to authorized repair services.

    • @DailyCorvid
      @DailyCorvid 2 года назад +12

      Apple gotta Apple. Will they sell you just the part you need?
      Of course they won't you absolute Donut lol they don't even give you a charger with your $1800 iPhone that's identical to the one you just traded in for $500 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @10-volt
      @10-volt 2 года назад +1

      @@DailyCorvid I don’t even think isheep buy iPhones for that price bro

    • @DailyCorvid
      @DailyCorvid 2 года назад

      @@10-volt LOL!!!!
      Which proves my point. People who have iPhones have no clue about the cost of it, and they don't care because they want 6 months of bragging "I got the new iClone!"
      Here is why EVERYONE pays $1800 AT LEAST!
      ...
      £43 per month over 36 months, which is the minimum contract where the handset is "free" ... With standard inclusive minutes and texts and a measly 3GB monthly data :
      * £ 1 5 4 8 ! ! * oh yes a bargain...
      By the time you have paid that phone off, that's if you didn't break it lose it or have it stolen .... You will have a 3 yr old phone that's slow as shit, doesn't work with your modern apps - has zero bragging rights, and to top it off is worth £400 traded in AS NEW (so no scratches damage etc).
      £1548 = $1836 = The MINIMUM cost of the iPhone 13.
      3GB of data is barely enough to service Facebook messenger and visual voicemail, so really you will probably be spending another £6-10 a month on more data. You will want Ear Buds which are £170 since there is no headphone jack anymore, a case to protect the flimsy ass screen that's another £30 ... And finally you gotta buy a charger cable and block since the stingy gits no longer include on in there for your £1500...
      MINIMUM cost of iPhone 13 = £1500 ish
      NORMAL cost of iPhone 13 = £2100 ish
      UNLIMITED tariff iPhone 13 = £2350 ish
      BAAAAAAHHHHH 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

  • @Electrify85
    @Electrify85 2 года назад +113

    If you really want to sue Sony for something, their memory cards on the PS2 might stick. They used "MagicGate" to prevent third parties from making them, and then charged $50 for 8 MB cards when at the time that could buy 64 MB USB drives.

    • @DailyCorvid
      @DailyCorvid 2 года назад +26

      *Which part of that was illegal?*
      It's no different to your coffee machine only taking it's own brand capsules, or dare I say it - Linus selling a £4 tshirt with his face on it for £30!

    • @pootispiker2866
      @pootispiker2866 2 года назад +48

      @@DailyCorvid Found the sony executive

    • @Mavendow
      @Mavendow 2 года назад

      @@DailyCorvid Your coffee machine rejects third party capsules? You have grounds for a "tying" lawsuit under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act or Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Good luck getting anyone to enforce it, because hey who follows laws, but it is 100% illegal.

    • @Google_Does_Evil_Now
      @Google_Does_Evil_Now 2 года назад +16

      @@DailyCorvid you don't think their should be a standard coffee capsule? Are you an extortionist exploiter?
      Or course there should be standardisation. They reduces cost, waste, increases competition, gives consumers more choice. What if the brand you choose goes bust in 2 years of changes the shape?
      Since Sony tried to rip everyone off with the anti-SD card 5x more expensive scandal decades ago I've not bought anything Sony. Needed a TV, got a Panasonic. Needed another TV, got an LG. Needed several smartphones, anything but Sony or Apple (exploiters, anti-competitive, communist). Needed a new hi-fi, Marantz, Denon and Panasonic.
      They should put ripoff scum in prison because they try to steal from the whole country or even planet. They commit treason against us all. Not enough that they are fined €500 million. Put the execs and shareholders in prison.
      PC parts are standard. Increases competition, reduces waste, efficiency, everyone wins.
      Look at Apple ripping off their sheep with over priced cables etc. Whenever I see someone with an iPhone it's a sign they're crap at tech or don't mind being ripped off, or both.

    • @MeAMoose
      @MeAMoose 2 года назад +25

      @@Google_Does_Evil_Now I get your general points, but I'd argue that standardising a coffee capsule is extreme. First, who would make the standard for a coffee capsule? Second, who would open source the standard to make it available to everyone? Third (probably not applicable but still), who would update the standard when the next big thing in Coffee comes to fruition? With memory cards, sure I can see why that's worth arguing for... but I'm being pedantic.
      Also "Whenever I see someone with an iPhone it's a sign they're crap at tech or don't mind being ripped off, or both." is a gross miss-simplification, as there are some things on iPhone that just blatantly work better than on Android... not enough for me to switch to iPhone but the argument stands for some people. Also yes now I'm being extremely pedantic, sue me.

  • @qT_p13
    @qT_p13 2 года назад +73

    I'm glad shock therapy is making a return to the mainstream.

    • @LordHonkInc
      @LordHonkInc 2 года назад +12

      Right? Finally it's not only for the privileged few who go through "conversion therapy" or the "clinically depressed".
      "What do we want?"
      "Electroconvulsive therapy!"
      "When do we want it?"
      *bzzzzzt*

    • @GSBarlev
      @GSBarlev 2 года назад

      It never really left. Science just figured out what it was effective at actually treating, then tuned it to be more effective and less barbaric. It's now called ECT.
      This is, by the way, the history of pretty much all modern medicine. Some shaman, humorist or snake oil salesman, against all odds, accidentally stumbled upon some wildly improbable treatment that *actually worked*, and millennia later science may have devised theories as to the mechanisms behind it, but mostly the treatment protocol has improved by nothing more than centuries of empirical testing.

    • @LordHonkInc
      @LordHonkInc 2 года назад +3

      @@lanye2708 "Typically, 70 to 120 volts are applied externally to the patient's head, resulting in approximately 800 milliamperes of direct current passing between the electrodes[…]. However, only about 1% of the electrical current crosses the bony skull into the brain because skull impedance is about 100 times higher than skin impedance." That sounds like a "weak current" too, yet it's the definition of ECT.

  • @PoppyPoppa
    @PoppyPoppa 2 года назад +4

    The Clip Studio drama is even worse than it seems, they're basically charging you a subscription model to access updates *after* you paid for a full license

    • @Wylie288
      @Wylie288 2 года назад +1

      Well yeah. You are paying for updates.
      Thats pretty fucking normal. And frankly, how it should be. You get what you pay for. And then to get the work they do *after* of course you pay more. Thats the only reason update exist. Its better then being forced to pay for updates you don't use. This is done the right way.

    • @night2501
      @night2501 2 года назад

      @@Wylie288 yea really, CSP announcement was very poorly worded, and people freak out before reading the full announcement
      you just pay for a licensee like always and you get the program with the known features, and updates for stability and security, and you can pay a subscription for additional features, would like those to be single pay but is not as bad as people say
      sadly no direct way to upgrade form V1 to V2 without subscription, but with how reasonable CSP pricing is, is not that big of a issue really

  • @phucnguyen0110
    @phucnguyen0110 2 года назад +21

    Turn off BitLocker unless you know what are you doing, folks.
    I used to do supports for technical Windows stuff, and it was painful to see people having the issue.

  • @ForeverHobbit
    @ForeverHobbit 2 года назад +13

    this channel is the best thing to happen to the tech community on youtube in forever and the timestamps are 10/10
    thank you

  • @JanbluTheDerg
    @JanbluTheDerg 2 года назад +30

    I was using the Outlook app on my phone, but it was consuming more storage than I had so I switched to a FOSS client (which was a bit of a pain to set up, but I got it working eventually) and thank goodness I did.
    I'm surprised to see the CSP news here as well, really caused and uproar and gave alternatives a lot of free advertising, particularly Krita, the FOSS drawing program that's really good.

    • @334Bena
      @334Bena 2 года назад +1

      What email client did you switch to?

    • @siddiki9778
      @siddiki9778 2 года назад

      @@isaackvasager9957 Thunderbird isn't on Android.

    • @JanbluTheDerg
      @JanbluTheDerg 2 года назад

      @@334Bena K-9 Mail

    • @mikeuk1927
      @mikeuk1927 2 года назад +1

      How did you configure a non-outlook client with outlook mail? I tried to set up my university email that they migrated to microsoft in K9-Mail but I couldn't. I even called microsoft and asked them about smtp and imap configuration but they were just confused 😂. I would be so happy to move away from the outlook app.

    • @JanbluTheDerg
      @JanbluTheDerg 2 года назад

      @@mikeuk1927 I'm not sure about university emails (I didn't bother with mine) but there's probably a forum post somewhere.

  • @raspberryquake935
    @raspberryquake935 2 года назад +86

    Surprised to see news about clip studio, it's nice that it got shown here, there's a microscopic chance celsys will change their idea because of larger amount of people talking about it, big thanks fellas

    • @MrGamer1992
      @MrGamer1992 2 года назад +13

      Yeah, that was a huge slap in the face to the artist I follow. They are pissed

    • @raspberryquake935
      @raspberryquake935 2 года назад +11

      As an artist I hope they will change the final decision because I don't plan on buying a subscription for a program I already have, personally there haven't been much useful content in recent updates which makes me more sure I'll just stay with the last free version for me and not plan to update to a subscription plan

    • @AuroraNemoia
      @AuroraNemoia 2 года назад +7

      @@raspberryquake935 everyone missed the point. you get to keep your version forever. and when the next major update comes out, you can buy a license for that one IF YOU WISH. its like Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS4. Celesys was most likely not actually bringing in profits, because everyone and their dad pirated their app, and they didn't have huge businesses to hold a huge lawsuit threat over to make money off of like Adobe.

    • @Chronuz
      @Chronuz 2 года назад +6

      @@AuroraNemoia still scummy to lock updates to an update pass even to 2.0 perpetual license buyers.

    • @metalridleyz
      @metalridleyz 2 года назад +3

      @@AuroraNemoia Watch more closely to their roadmap. 2.0 is their final non-subscribe version and all the contents after 2.1 is locked on the additional plan. The standalone 2.0 package that contains no update is what got most people confused on its existance (since they stated it'll be similar to the 1.0 pricing, which 1.0 is getting updates for so many years till now)

  • @johannesbols57
    @johannesbols57 2 года назад +7

    Thanks for uploading this vid. I had no idea. I went into my computer and got the recovery keys, took a screen shot and sent it to my phone. It's like insurance in case you're locked out of your pc.

  • @SRC267
    @SRC267 2 года назад +2

    I noticed those sneaking ads in my outlook app, almost clicked on it

  • @iAsclepius2023
    @iAsclepius2023 2 года назад +7

    Sold my 4 month old iPhone 13 and switched back to my 4 year old Android. Never been happier.
    Never made sense to me what I paid more for if I have to face same and sometimes even worse issues which I face on an android device literally half the price.

  • @CrackerJack9249
    @CrackerJack9249 2 года назад +2

    Someone has clearly not gone to a "genius" bar before. Where they will recommend an overpriced repair and suggest you just buy a new one for a hundred bucks more than the repair would be.

  • @Chadron
    @Chadron 2 года назад +36

    This bitlocker issue actually affected me at work.... many hours went into unlocking and reimaging users devices 😶

    • @MattyP650
      @MattyP650 2 года назад +1

      Good. Fuck whatever corporation you work for, bleed em dry.

    • @peperoni_slayer8918
      @peperoni_slayer8918 2 года назад +1

      funny that i hear about this, we had this happening to us 2 months ago... seems like its just now they admit it. All our PCs were affected by it

    • @ezzbuttheyshouldntleavethe5529
      @ezzbuttheyshouldntleavethe5529 2 года назад +1

      Same here, thankfully we had key backups!

  • @ardemus
    @ardemus 2 года назад +8

    That is why I adamantly oppose forced updates that can't be rolled back. I want to wait for the early adopters to find the bugs, and do the update when I can afford to have some downtime. With the number of devices I use, and the number of apps on those devices, it's pretty common for something I use routinely to break if I let everything update whenever it wants to.

    • @Mavendow
      @Mavendow 2 года назад +2

      Microsoft fired their entire bug testing team in 2015. You're not allowed to wait because _you are_ the bug tester.

    • @CanIHasThisName
      @CanIHasThisName 2 года назад +1

      Waiting won't help. They do have a large base of early adopters, the program is called Windows Insiders and apparently has around 10 million users. Although that's likely a peak number that they see when releasing major updates (like Win11), millions of people are testing out new builds and many of them are specifically looking for bugs and broken features. Stuff still gets through. That's why they have rolling updates.
      While delaying updates would decrease the chances of a user encountering inconvenient issues like this, it would also increase the time it takes to discover them and you could get into a scenario where you've installed a several releases old update and only now discovered this issue. It would also pose a notable security risk, opening you up to malicious incidents, as there would definitely be people looking to exploit known issues on out of date machines.

  • @Bryggyth
    @Bryggyth 2 года назад +27

    Just another reason I'm glad I've been learning Krita rather than Clip Studio Paint. Open Source all the way!

    • @neru_d
      @neru_d 2 года назад +2

      Indeed, very disappointing. More than that Krita has a cute mascot!

    • @Zesuto3
      @Zesuto3 2 года назад +2

      I just fully committed to Krita, I had been learning it and mixing it up with CSP EX (on wine) for a few months since I switched to Linux, and it's pretty much at the same point feature wise to how CSP was at the time I purchased it, the thing is, it's closing the gap very fast. Even though I own a CSP EX license I decided to switch out of dignity and principle.

    • @ff1077
      @ff1077 2 года назад +3

      I'm extremely happy to see it get noticed. One time payment option is good for basically everyone, from the ones who put it down and pick it up for a while, to ones that use it as often as possible and can just chip at the amount of money they spent on it on a faster period. But now they have turned on the allies in favor of profits. I hope we can get more people to learn coding and to support Krita. I would love to see it eventually close that gap in features for their top of the line selection.

  • @ekim4926
    @ekim4926 2 года назад +39

    At this point we should all help develop GIMP

    • @VeI_2.0
      @VeI_2.0 2 года назад +1

      Christ I stopped using that over a decade ago lol

    • @challengegravity
      @challengegravity 2 года назад +7

      It's pretty darn powerful. There's nothing I can't do in GIMP that can be done in photoshop, and the approach is pretty familiar/similar, even more intuitive for me tbh. Plus the Discord is very active and full of friendly experts to help out. They're always improving things too with regular fine tuning to the interface and behaviour. Definitely worth trying out if you haven't already

    • @sushimshah2896
      @sushimshah2896 2 года назад +1

      Upvote!

    • @ekim4926
      @ekim4926 2 года назад

      @@challengegravity defo
      The only kinda issue that I have is that it doesn't look as good
      But then I stopped caring and started doing what I need to do and it's fine

    • @challengegravity
      @challengegravity 2 года назад +3

      @@ekim4926 There's quite a few skins for it out there, even ones that make it identical to some versions of Photoshop. And the latest versions (2.10) look pretty sweet, come with themes, and can be customized as far as icon styles, and the brightness/contrast of the background too.
      It's a lot more personalizable than Ps ever was, and not just in appearance... I even have a joystick mouse set up so I can switch brush size/hardness/shape on the fly - I have to use AutoHotKey to even get something basic in Ps ...and pay a subscription for the privilege x'D

  • @TypicalNerds
    @TypicalNerds 2 года назад +18

    I'll mention this, Sony isn't good at percentages on the PS Store, for example, I once seen a game with an original price of £15.99 and it was on sale down to 7.99 with a 80% discount. You ready that correctly, it was labelled as an 80% discount

  • @RageQuitSon
    @RageQuitSon 2 года назад +58

    Google blocking and sending off to law enforcement would be cool... If it wasn't giving false reports that could ruin a man's life even if they are found innocent.

    • @koolkrafter5
      @koolkrafter5 2 года назад +18

      Guilty until proven innocent! Who doesn't love the American justice system and how much power random companies have over our lives?

    • @Sketch1994
      @Sketch1994 2 года назад +7

      Since there are jobs that refuse to hire people just for having been under investigstion, Google shouldn't even dare to report any data (falsely or even reasonably because even "reasonable accusations" might be totally irellevant to the truth and someone's inoocence or guilt) to the 12...Also nobody likes a snitch!
      And most importantly who should they punish, at the Google side of things for the defamation, the stigma, the mental torment and the potential economical/career issues that a being investigated for abusing your own child based on false accusations from a random search engine tech company, that can't even find that video I have been looking for in the last 8 years?
      If this happened to you who would you go after?

    • @hanhong2267
      @hanhong2267 2 года назад +7

      That sounds like a privacy nightmare to be honest, false reports for images have and will always exist for the foreseeable future.

    • @ziomalisty
      @ziomalisty 2 года назад +6

      No, it would not be cool. They are not the police and they are not the judge and they shouldn't look at your private stuff.

    • @dakoderii4221
      @dakoderii4221 2 года назад

      Google protects pedophiles like the "Drag Queen Story Hour" and taking children to nightclubs to put dollars down the g-strings of dudes in a dress.
      I'll probably be called a bigot for being against pedophilia. Pedos are going down! Corrupt CIA, FBI, ATF, IRS, politicians, bureaucrats, and all other traitors are going down. HA-HA! Nothing can stop it! Feel the fear as the consequences of your actions come for you! 🤣

  • @thundergod97
    @thundergod97 2 года назад +6

    I use Gimp as my Photoshop replacement....but for simple image editing I still use a copy of Paint Shop Pro which I bought way back in 2001. (Build date: July 13th 2001 @ 16:15:07). Literally don't need gimp 99.9% of the time. It also doesn't recognize more than 4GB of ram, but it doesn't really need more than that either LOL

    • @b17gfan
      @b17gfan 2 года назад

      I loved paint shop pro. Then the company got bought out by corel I think, went downhill after that.

  • @SirSaizo
    @SirSaizo 2 года назад +44

    Have they covered the story where Microsoft is claiming that Sony is paying "blocking rights" for games yet?
    If they did, what video was it?

    • @CanIHasThisName
      @CanIHasThisName 2 года назад

      It's basically a non-story because it's not an isolated thing. Not sure if they did mention it but actually explaining what's going on would require decent chunk of context.

  • @noizkapow1134
    @noizkapow1134 2 года назад +5

    This update made it so I couldn't use my external monitor. And it ran so slow and kept over heating, it's an older surface pro. I wiped it and installed Linux Mint.

  • @wateriver
    @wateriver 2 года назад +6

    If I had a flip phone, I wouldn’t have to worry about my VPN not working as it should, whether or not my phone is in the self service repair program or ads in my inbox. 🤔

  • @rvmiv_
    @rvmiv_ 2 года назад +21

    What a coincidence, update issues are why I stopped using windows

    • @mhdsbk
      @mhdsbk 2 года назад +2

      Purged it yesterday 😌

    • @sweetmelon3365
      @sweetmelon3365 2 года назад

      What do you use now

    • @rvmiv_
      @rvmiv_ 2 года назад +1

      @@sweetmelon3365 personally I use fedora Linux, and it's been great

    • @sweetmelon3365
      @sweetmelon3365 2 года назад

      @@rvmiv_ how long did it take you to adjust to Linux? How was the learning curve? Did you cold turkey quit windows or eased into linux slowly?

    • @rvmiv_
      @rvmiv_ 2 года назад +1

      @@sweetmelon3365 I had tried it before, but not done a lot with it, but after the update issues I had at the beginning of this year I did decide to quit cold turkey (as my computer was constant frustration for me the way it was) but while that worked for me everyone is different and I wouldn't necessarily recommend that to others.
      I took to it pretty quickly though, to me the way Linux works makes sense, there's always more to learn but I enjoy using my computer again
      If you want to learn I'd recommend dual booting, preferably on a separate drive (as windows has been known to screw up the boot loader when it has to share) and taking it at your own pace, probably with something like Pop os (the issue Linus had was fixed months ago) or mint
      Also remember, you can try out Linux distros using live USB, and don't have to install them immediately
      Editto add: Just remember, it's not windows and it doesn't work the way windows does

  • @Shvebz
    @Shvebz 2 года назад +1

    6:22 Almost spit my food :D :D LMAO Noouuu, not the grandma's !

  • @NeonVisual
    @NeonVisual 2 года назад +40

    I'm starting to feel like Windows is malware designed to get me to pay for software and services I don't really need.
    Can't I just buy Word anymore? I'm pretty sure it still allows me to type the same words as I did in 1996.

    • @RGBmode
      @RGBmode 2 года назад +25

      YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY.

    • @FelixEnder
      @FelixEnder 2 года назад +2

      thats why i started using Libre office ages ago and nowadays most of the time google docs.
      And Thunderbird for my E-Mails

    • @Atolm4
      @Atolm4 2 года назад +2

      Wordpad is still about at least.

    • @gianclgar
      @gianclgar 2 года назад

      Windows has been that since its very beginnings

    • @NeonVisual
      @NeonVisual 2 года назад +2

      @@gianclgar I thought it would end when I bought the Plus pack for windows 98.

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 2 года назад +1

    Wait, Google scans my photos for perfectly legal material and then sends the feds when the algorithm decides it has too many bits flipped?! 😳🤯🤬

  • @xManzi
    @xManzi 2 года назад +10

    Imagine... You need to be more afraid of security updates than viruses themselves. What time to be alive...

  • @tylerdoop
    @tylerdoop 2 года назад +2

    5:30 wow who would have thought that a company scanning photos would lead down a dark path. What the fuck. I’m deleting my google drive

  • @MrTrapper
    @MrTrapper 2 года назад +4

    Windows is such a goofball 0:10

  • @IXISSV
    @IXISSV 2 года назад

    "poppet & governor" 🤣😂🤣😂
    Someone's been watching too much Mary Poppins! 🤣😂🤣

  • @slickstretch6391
    @slickstretch6391 2 года назад +3

    Apple: "It's not a bug, it's a feature."

  • @lalit.1
    @lalit.1 2 года назад +1

    Since I've started Router wide Adblock using Adguard DNS, it has made things so simpler, especially when setting it up is easy and free.

  • @TCOphox
    @TCOphox 2 года назад +4

    5:50 Krita, always is and always has been, the best painting software in the world. And it's free, and open source

    • @RippahRooJizah
      @RippahRooJizah 2 года назад

      I doubt that but a free choice is nice.

  • @Xeros_VII
    @Xeros_VII 2 года назад +1

    This would be absolute hell, because my laptop has windows home, but also has bit locker on it, and the OEM has NOT given me the password for bitlocker.

  • @killkiss_son
    @killkiss_son 2 года назад +5

    Everyone sueing Sony, but Nvidia selling 3× the price graphics card is normal...
    + I don't think Sony is exaggerating on their games price, and when you bought a PS5 at 400€ , they need to make money somewhere, if it's not on consoles, it's on games 🤷🤦

    • @CanIHasThisName
      @CanIHasThisName 2 года назад

      You're comparing bananas to number 3 pencils.

  • @Zulubear
    @Zulubear 2 года назад +2

    As a foreigner living in the UK, I need to point out that UK judges have never used gavels… that’s a US thing.

  • @JUSTKOZ
    @JUSTKOZ 2 года назад +5

    Screw all subscription based services.

  • @DeadxReckon
    @DeadxReckon 2 года назад +2

    What I'm hearing is that I can lick 9 volt batteries for 20 minutes a day and stave off Alzheimer's .

  • @YouAreBreathing
    @YouAreBreathing 2 года назад +3

    Parents will soon need to get a camera with film to take pictures of their children for medical purposes, have those pictures developed, mail them to their doctor's office (which will take take 3-5 business days, even though they're both in the same town) and wait to get a letter back from the doctor to have a home diagnosis.

  • @BboyPringle
    @BboyPringle 2 года назад

    I work in tech support and a big issue is that customers that didn't have bitlocker enabled on home versions of Windows (because it's not officially meant to be there) are having bitlocker enabled but the key isn't being attached to their accounts making their 'solution' completely unusable...

  • @dragon2knight
    @dragon2knight 2 года назад +23

    What's that you say, Windows messed up an update? Say it isn't so, they NEVER do that!

    • @Mavendow
      @Mavendow 2 года назад +10

      Microsoft totally didn't force updates so they could fire their entire bug testing team and instead make you test for bugs.
      **reads 2015 press release** Wait just a darn minute...

    • @LRM12o8
      @LRM12o8 2 года назад +1

      @@Mavendow I thought that's what the "Windows Insider Program" was for, but nope: everyone gets the beta experience!

    • @Mavendow
      @Mavendow 2 года назад +2

      @@LRM12o8 Hehe, Windows Insider is the alpha!

  • @baseballjustin5
    @baseballjustin5 2 года назад +2

    Wojtek (Voy-tech) is a Polish WW2 bear that was raised on cigarettes and beer.

  • @googlesucks6029
    @googlesucks6029 2 года назад +29

    So Microsoft added a ransomware to an update without the ransom?

    • @darin7553
      @darin7553 2 года назад +1

      You must use Teams and Edge to get access to your computer

    • @TaranTatsuuchi
      @TaranTatsuuchi 2 года назад

      Seems they couldn't even get that right!

  • @itsaisanyo
    @itsaisanyo 2 года назад

    3:53 I am getting some Kids Next Door Vibes when he was like "We going in raw number One" xD

  • @shiftsync9988
    @shiftsync9988 2 года назад +36

    Windows locked out a friend of mine in June. Glad I can (potentially) fix his PC a second time.

    • @jess_n_atx
      @jess_n_atx 2 года назад +2

      Format >reinstall. Data is gone without the key

  • @S_Carcass
    @S_Carcass 2 года назад +2

    Had to watch this episode twice just to actually get the tech news, first watch I couldn’t hold back on the laughter.

  • @realroforb7676
    @realroforb7676 2 года назад +3

    5:34 There is always Gimp.

  • @KusholaCam
    @KusholaCam 2 года назад +1

    We also drink tea and do nothing but dance round in our knickers

  • @Wakefieldneo
    @Wakefieldneo 2 года назад +20

    Actually looking into the Clip Studio thing as a long time user who already has to pay a subscription to use it on iOS since the perpetual license is for Windows and Mac only... it's not as bad as what Adobe did. Adobe went completely subscription only. CSP will let you buy the product at any point in time with the features as they stand and you will receive stability updates but not feature updates. The current 1.x version will receive stability updates until 3.0 comes out (and such is the plan to give stability updates to the current and previous main versions). Not really sure how long they intend to have between major versions.
    While it's unfortunate, I don't have a huge issue with the change. Hell if they let me buy 2.0 for a one time fee on my ipad since I'm happy with the features I currently have and can stop paying the yearly fee I'd even consider it a win.

    • @fluffyfetlocks
      @fluffyfetlocks 2 года назад

      Honestly, I feel like it’s fair to pay for “features”. If you don’t need any newly developed features then you don’t need to pay and your current version of software will continue to work as expected.

    • @Deliveredmean42
      @Deliveredmean42 2 года назад

      Granted the benefits for a perpetual license is usually for those that cannot pay a subscription.

    • @Kikker861
      @Kikker861 2 года назад

      This is a slippery slope. First is the features on subscription, then the security updates, then the whole program. Adobe went down this path too and Creative Cloud is where it landed. A bloated, broken, user-unfriendly software abomination that forces me use Krita, Gimp, and Blender.

  • @itsOwenHowarth
    @itsOwenHowarth 2 года назад

    I’m from the UK and have absolutely no idea what word we are apparently using to call each other. Except for Govenor, I caught that. 😂😂

    • @itsOwenHowarth
      @itsOwenHowarth 2 года назад

      I checked subtitles. What is a boppit?

  • @tinofaratinashemukakaso5632
    @tinofaratinashemukakaso5632 2 года назад +5

    The puns were on point, nice work 👏

  • @matjazwalland903
    @matjazwalland903 2 года назад +1

    So much news, but 75% is that we shouldn't trust technology and companies, 10% are commercials, and the other 15% are good news, and what's left is up to you to decide!

  • @BlakieTT
    @BlakieTT 2 года назад +3

    I like your gusto, McScruffins!
    Bring more of that energy with you the next time you host TechLinked, in 6.9 days.

  • @W0Ndr3y
    @W0Ndr3y 2 года назад

    My grandma recently passed away. She was suffering from Alzheimers past 4 or 5 years. It's a terrible disease. Hope the treatment works and soon people can be helped.

  • @Averymon00
    @Averymon00 2 года назад +3

    I love that everyone hates they have to turn the parts back to Apple. This is exactly the same as any other Apple certified repair shop. Consumers are getting treated no differently than we do, if we don’t return the parts we also get charged the full price for the item. And their parts return process for businesses is so much more confusing than it is for users, especially with the quantity that we are returning. Yes, apple sucks.

    • @MsHumanOfTheDecade
      @MsHumanOfTheDecade 2 года назад

      god forbid Apple did not have a complete monopoly on parts! thatd be horrible!

  • @antoniospappas2575
    @antoniospappas2575 2 года назад +2

    The bitlocker thing has been happening to me every month. Thank god it's widespread, so it might now get a fix.

  • @AlyOopsieDaisy
    @AlyOopsieDaisy 2 года назад +4

    That first story about Microsoft’s bitlocker update problem isn’t very fun, as someone who works in a repair shop we get about 3 people a day come in saying their device is bitlockered, if they don’t know their Microsoft account information then the only thing we can do is replace the drive and their data is lost.

  • @RhaviMarques
    @RhaviMarques 2 года назад +1

    My mom's surface got that update, and she never had recovery keys on her Microsoft account, rip data.

  • @cedricmunschauer
    @cedricmunschauer 2 года назад +6

    Ah yes, tech news at 2:30am (switzerland time). I love it!

  • @sirflimflam
    @sirflimflam 2 года назад +1

    You know it stupidly never even dawned on me that Google and recently Apple's foray into /won't somebody think of the children/ by spying on the pictures people put into their albums could be misconstrued this way through telehealth and other such situations. That's actually a scary though. How would they even verify the context? Would they manually review the picture before calling the cops first? Cause I don't think I'd want some Google intern staring at my kid's private parts.

  • @Its-Just-Zip
    @Its-Just-Zip 2 года назад +3

    Well rest in peace, Paint. Time to move to Gimp

    • @10-volt
      @10-volt 2 года назад

      I tried, it’s not as easy as it sounds lol

  • @chunye215
    @chunye215 2 года назад

    Google has even admitted that banning these accounts was a false positive BUT THEN WENT AHEAD AND SAID THEY WILL STAY DISABLED. like wat.

  • @nathangoddard8115
    @nathangoddard8115 2 года назад +5

    Windows updates are often an ass tightening crap shot. How much worse will my battery life be? Did all my setting get wiped? How many drivers just got broken? It’s kind of exciting!!

  • @smallbutdeadly931
    @smallbutdeadly931 2 года назад +1

    Welp, its time to recharge Grandma again with the charging hat

  • @punkmediaproductions
    @punkmediaproductions 2 года назад +3

    "researchers in Switzerland"
    meanwhile: "Participants were recruited from the greater Boston metropolitan area via advertisements on local and electronic bulletin boards. In total, 156 older participants provided informed written consent to procedures approved by the Boston University Institutional Review Board"
    also look at the author affiliations, last time I checked Boston University was not in Switzerland lmao

  • @ghajik.
    @ghajik. 2 года назад +2

    lol, i just disabled my security boot and unencrypted my drive only 2 weeks back so that my switch between linux and windows won't be much of a problem.

  • @AbiyBattleSpell
    @AbiyBattleSpell 2 года назад +3

    wow clip studio news so big its on ltt neat

  • @Mabswer
    @Mabswer 2 года назад +1

    The guy who invented shock therapy: "holey shet, i was right? Khrm i mean.. Ofcourse it does.. And no i just didnt want to see them boil.. Keheheee"

  • @relaxationmusiccertified3684
    @relaxationmusiccertified3684 2 года назад +4

    I never updated my pc in every OS version and never had problems.

    • @10-volt
      @10-volt 2 года назад +2

      I mean even tho windows update sucks, that’s a horrible idea

  • @Frustratedfool
    @Frustratedfool 2 года назад +1

    My nieces laptop suffered from the bitlocker update and the recovery key was not in her MS account. Turns out the key is stored in the account the user is logged into via a web browser, rather than the Windows 11 MS account she was logged into. We found the key in her college MS account her school set up. Why the key wasn’t stored on her personal Windows account is not clear, but hope this helps someone.

  • @melvinluner1454
    @melvinluner1454 2 года назад +2

    Apple so much for privacy 😂💔

  • @kiimaro
    @kiimaro 2 года назад +1

    Somehow sleep function has even been removed from my PC today. It's super weird.

  • @arnipa2
    @arnipa2 2 года назад +8

    it really boggles my mind how the linux community isnt literally destroying windows user share when microsoft is so incompetent at their job, i've been saying "oh, as soon as the next windows OS is released im switching to linux" - as you can imagine that hasnt happened... come on guys, can we finally get a good competitor to windows, microsoft at this point is literally serving them their user based on a silver plate

    • @verified_tinker1818
      @verified_tinker1818 2 года назад +5

      Then switch to Linux. What's stopping you? Do you expect a salesman at your door, asking for a few minutes of your time to discuss his lord and savior, Linus Torvalds?

    • @jensenraylight8011
      @jensenraylight8011 2 года назад +7

      dude, i tried linux, and it's sucks,
      it is slow, glitchy, it's not solid enough.
      the only problem with windows is their update, but the OS itself is Fast, stable and reliable,
      something that linux is not.
      stop pretending as if Linux can compete with windows and MacOs, it can't

    • @sweetmelon3365
      @sweetmelon3365 2 года назад +2

      I tried Linux cus I was tired of windows and the braking point came when win11 required Microsoft accounts for sign in. I'm still learning Linux in the side, but if I had to give 1 reason to not switching over completely, is that it has a steep learning curve for someone from Windows. Especially with installing apps(why are there so many stores and what's their pros and cons??) and diagnosing issues. I thought I would be able to switch completely after 1 week of Linux usage but no, I've to relearn basic tasks from Windows so it'll take time

    • @Blacklands
      @Blacklands 2 года назад

      And what would that do for "the Linux community"? (Whoever that may be. Anyone using Linux? So is there a "Windows community", too? Or Linux developers? Who is that, any kernel developer?) None of these users or developers would make money from that, would they? And all the _companies_ offering a Linux distribution with support are focused on business/enterprise, I think. I could only see some Linux users/developers want this because they just want more people using Linux, in general. ("Year of the Linux desktop" meme and so on.) But that's hardly "the Linux community".
      So I'm not sure what you are referring to. _shrug_

  • @Fafmagic
    @Fafmagic 2 года назад

    Haha that pop at British mannerisms was perfect. People haven't talked like that here for 100 years but stereotypes live on. Love it.

  • @epikest
    @epikest 2 года назад +26

    microsoft on their way to make another update that breaks everything:

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 2 года назад

      *sips tea while chuckling at the Windows 10 peasants from my Linux tower*
      (Yes, I know sometimes running Linux is not an option for some. Relax.)

    • @vibaj16
      @vibaj16 2 года назад

      Microsoft realizing that Windows isn't the only thing they can ruin with updates (Minecraft is another option)

  • @chrisladouceur4093
    @chrisladouceur4093 2 года назад

    The bitlocker issue caused a lot of problems at our firm, where bitlocker used to be required so many still have it setup

    • @nski_
      @nski_ 2 года назад

      Same in our school. We were wondering why so many student's PC's were having the same issue.

  • @himynameisryan
    @himynameisryan 2 года назад +6

    I switched to mac because I kept having issues like these. It’s so much more stable. I only use windows on my gaming pc

    • @MaxDankOG
      @MaxDankOG 2 года назад

      Same got my Sim Racing rig running windows and my M1 Mac Mini for daily use/productivity

    • @tonyburzio4107
      @tonyburzio4107 2 года назад +1

      Stay tuned, Apple is moving into games so help is coming!

    • @MaxDankOG
      @MaxDankOG 2 года назад

      @@tonyburzio4107 NGL if all of my PC games worked with zero issues on MacOS I’d never use windows again.

    • @pootispiker2866
      @pootispiker2866 2 года назад

      @@tonyburzio4107 *wheeze *

  • @svpracer98
    @svpracer98 2 года назад

    Oh wow, I'm glad that it wasn't just me who thought it was odd bit locker suddenly enabled itself last week...

  • @roccociccone597
    @roccociccone597 2 года назад +3

    Ah yes windows being windows again. Wonderful

  • @michealadebz
    @michealadebz 2 года назад +1

    This is crazy my mom recently updated her dell pc and she was pissed since she didn’t know her bitlocker password she has to wait a month. She said she updated her pc and it locked up. I thought this only happened to her

  • @Cinegrainn
    @Cinegrainn 2 года назад +3

    this is why I never update windows

    • @TeaBurn
      @TeaBurn 2 года назад

      I keep my old PCs running their original OS for this very reason, as a last resort.

  • @Megabeans
    @Megabeans 2 года назад +1

    Clip studio paint sub is only for the 2nd version. The one they bought is version 1. People can still use it

    • @Wylie288
      @Wylie288 2 года назад

      You also pay for feature updates for V2, there is no subscription. People have everything wrong.

  • @LegionRRTX
    @LegionRRTX 2 года назад +2

    i never updated my pc in almost a decade, i formatted it with newer version couple of times, but i always disable the updates and remove vast majority of bloats from it each time...

    • @spreadneck2063
      @spreadneck2063 2 года назад +8

      Sorry, but that's just dumb.

    • @guadalupe8589
      @guadalupe8589 2 года назад +3

      Enjoy the vulnerabilities with a healthy dose of malware

    • @fish3977
      @fish3977 2 года назад +1

      as long as it is air capped

    • @SmallLegacy
      @SmallLegacy 2 года назад

      How do you disable updates, every time I do it, it just gets automatically re-enabled.

    • @Mavendow
      @Mavendow 2 года назад

      @@SmallLegacy Hacks. I have a service running on boot that kills Microsoft's crap. There are other ways but they break the OS's cryptographic security.

  • @ads1035
    @ads1035 2 года назад

    3:52 that star trek reference hit like whiplash

  • @Voltaic_Fire
    @Voltaic_Fire 2 года назад +2

    That Sony suit is very unlikely to go anywhere but I am very happy to see people try, let the censorious Sony suffer a thousand cuts.
    Our judges do not use gavels either, guv.

    • @RippahRooJizah
      @RippahRooJizah 2 года назад +1

      I find the censorship stuff being put on par with anticompetitive concerns odd.

  • @weezie1767
    @weezie1767 2 года назад

    As a British person I can say you 100% nailed it........ Guvna

  • @harshheart4
    @harshheart4 2 года назад +4

    Would say first but RUclips never actually shows who's first if your early enough

  • @mightylink65
    @mightylink65 2 года назад

    Bitlocker is one of the biggest pains in my ass at my repair shop. When a customer comes in asking us to unlock their device and they didn't save the key, all we can tell them is they're shit out of luck. If they didn't save their key to text file or microsoft account, all we can do is a fresh install and they lose all their files.

  • @MrRefael33
    @MrRefael33 2 года назад +3

    How good it is to be a Linux user! 😁

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar 2 года назад +1

      Because Linux NEVER has problems?

    • @MrRefael33
      @MrRefael33 2 года назад +1

      @@TalesOfWar
      Linux has some problems of its own, but there is no place to compare it to the problems of Windows,
      Windows problems are off the charts!
      Of course they have enough PR money to make most people think they can't do without Windows.

    • @electronium6378
      @electronium6378 2 года назад

      @@MrRefael33 i loooooooooooooooooooooooove linux🤓
      gigachad templeos users :😎

  • @nikonissinen6772
    @nikonissinen6772 2 года назад

    that's the best transition to quickbits I've heard for a while!