# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 7
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/zfpe5qa
@crunched I used Windows up until XP. I originally switched to Linux because of all the security issues in Windows. Since then, though, my view has changed quite a bit. I would never voluntarily use a closed system like Windows (or macOS) again, at least not on my private machines:
- I don’t trust closed systems in the slightest way anymore (didn’t care back in the day) and I don’t want to be forced to link my private computer and its activities to some “cloud” account or whatever.
- Windows/macOS are commercial systems that constantly try to follow/create new trends/fashion. Not interested in that.
- Computers are a hobby of mine. I want to tinker with the system and I want to be able to know exactly how everything works. (This was mostly possible with Windows 3.11 and even Windows 95, and then it gradually got worse with every new release of Windows. Today, it’s a hypercomplex leviathan.)
- Since I know Linux very well now, it’s actually much easier for me to use than Windows/macOS.
I don’t know, the list probably goes on for a while. 😅
I never really think about this, to be honest. Closed systems are simply not interesting to me (except for the historical ones that I happened to have used as a kid, so they have nostalgic value). Linux and the BSDs are appealing to me, because I know that I can do whatever I want with them.
@crunched I used Windows up until XP. I originally switched to Linux because of all the security issues in Windows. Since then, though, my view has changed quite a bit. I would never voluntarily use a closed system like Windows (or macOS) again, at least not on my private machines:
- I don’t trust closed systems in the slightest way anymore (didn’t care back in the day) and I don’t want to be forced to link my private computer and its activities to some “cloud” account or whatever.
- Windows/macOS are commercial systems that constantly try to follow/create new trends/fashion. Not interested in that.
- Computers are a hobby of mine. I want to tinker with the system and I want to be able to know exactly how everything works. (This was mostly possible with Windows 3.11 and even Windows 95, and then it gradually got worse with every new release of Windows. Today, it’s a hypercomplex leviathan.)
- Since I know Linux very well now, it’s actually much easier for me to use than Windows/macOS.
I don’t know, the list probably goes on for a while. 😅
I never really think about this, to be honest. Closed systems are simply not interesting to me (except for the historical ones that I happened to have used as a kid, so they have nostalgic value). Linux and the BSDs are appealing to me, because I know that I can do whatever I want with them.
@crunched I used Windows up until XP. I originally switched to Linux because of all the security issues in Windows. Since then, though, my view has changed quite a bit. I would never voluntarily use a closed system like Windows (or macOS) again, at least not on my private machines:
- I don’t trust closed systems in the slightest way anymore (didn’t care back in the day) and I don’t want to be forced to link my private computer and its activities to some “cloud” account or whatever.
- Windows/macOS are commercial systems that constantly try to follow/create new trends/fashion. Not interested in that.
- Computers are a hobby of mine. I want to tinker with the system and I want to be able to know exactly how everything works. (This was mostly possible with Windows 3.11 and even Windows 95, and then it gradually got worse with every new release of Windows. Today, it’s a hypercomplex leviathan.)
- Since I know Linux very well now, it’s actually much easier for me to use than Windows/macOS.
I don’t know, the list probably goes on for a while. 😅
I never really think about this, to be honest. Closed systems are simply not interesting to me (except for the historical ones that I happened to have used as a kid, so they have nostalgic value). Linux and the BSDs are appealing to me, because I know that I can do whatever I want with them.
@movq It is inexcusable to force people to link the computer that they paid for with a cloud service. Even if there are super hacky ways to avoid it people should not stand for it. That goes for Chrome OS too, which is arguably worse because it's Google spying on you and not Microsoft. Although, a Chrome OS machine is much less useful than a Windows machine, so I guess it balances itself out.
I'll bet, if polled, a vast majority of Windows users either are neutral or actively dislike that they have to connect their OS to their Microsoft account. Nobody actually likes it, except Microsoft. What legitimate features does that bring, anyway?