cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3376057
I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until my job required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn’t the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.
@c0mbatbag3l @jeena Or just stop using MS products. They build in backdoors just for criminals anyway.
Old anecdotal knowledge from the 1990s.
Became public in these court cases:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_Electronics
MS successfully countersued STAC because they were using proprietary DOS calls, ie reserved for MS products only giving them an advantage.
There is no reason to believe MS ever discontinued their use.
So you’re saying that they’re the criminals in question? Or are you saying that somehow they’re selling access to those old MS-DOS APIs?
I’m really not sure how any of this supports the original claim that Microsoft makes APIs specifically for criminal companies. All it says is that they make APIs for themselves. They’re a POS company, sure, so there’s no reason to stretch the truth.
