Windows 10 Upgrade to be Free as in Beer (if you don't have an MS account, come in here and @blakeyrat will give you $50)
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Wasn't that the point of all this?
No, we should just do whatever MS tells us to. MS knows best.
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I don't believe you. Especially on Skype.
You can (could?) use Skype without a MS account. Mine still works fine.
Though, from rumors I heard, it doesn't work anymore on 8 / 8.1 (as in, your MS account has to be linked in Windows for Skype to sign in). But I haven't tested that myself so...
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You can (could?) use Skype without a MS account. Mine still works fine.
So does mine - on win7Though, from rumors I heard, it doesn't work anymore on 8 / 8.1 (as in, your MS account has to be linked in Windows for Skype to sign in). But I haven't tested that myself so...
I tried using the Metro Skype - it absolutely insisted on tying in my MS account. Didn't try installing the desktop version to see if that worked. (I use Skype for work - it's our 'chat'. I'm not typing my personal account to my work related stuff)No, we should just do whatever MS tells us to. MS knows best.
But Apple knows better.
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The desktop version is less onerous.
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On the other hand, this still looks so damned weird to me:
Note the titlebar and login options.
I'm not complaining it just... still feels weird weird!
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I'm here for my $50 - how do I collect?
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I'll probably cave to creating a MS account and linking windows to it at some point. I'm a gamer and so far that's pretty much windows-or-console. But I don't see the added value.
I've got several applications autostarting and autologin - steam, battle.net, curse. But each of those adds value to me. I had desura in there for a while but I evicted it because it doesn't add value. And I have not so far seen any reason for linking my windows login to a MS account beyond "MS says you should".
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I'll probably cave to creating a MS account and linking windows to it at some point.
Paging @blakeyrat
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Unless I missed someone, he's out about $250 now. That was a bad bet.
- Polygeekery
- boomzilla
- abarker
- PleegWat
- monkeyArms
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Maybe he can donate the $250 to the pockets of Big Discourse™ and get us some more hamsters for the server. Or a Server Cooties™ shot.
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I think all the money should be transferred using OpenACH.
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I will take mine in BitCoin, just to annoy him further.
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Or Bitcoin. @blakeyrat loves Bitcoin.
edit: Hanzo.
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Everybody owes Blakeyrat $50.
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You are good at moving goalposts.
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Seems like he's trying to make a career out of it.
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Can we give him a Knight title to that effect? Sir @blakeyrat of the Goal post moving order from Cheshire.
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Page @arantor in the knight's topic.
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I want more money.
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Seconded. Maybe combine with his current title some how.
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Though, from rumors I heard, it doesn't work anymore on 8 / 8.1 (as in, your MS account has to be linked in Windows for Skype to sign in). But I haven't tested that myself so...
Desktop Skype on Win8.1 works just fine with my pre-MicroSoft account.
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...So apparently this is free even for people who stole the old version?
....what?
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So apparently this is free even for people who stole the old version
It sounds like you get the upgrade to 10, but it is still considered stolen. And as pointed out some updates and things actively check that status. I can see how that makes sense if MS includes some things to track pirate copies or maybe messages that say things like "you are on a pirate copy, here is how to make it not pirate".
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Makes sense; less insecure systems out there means less headaches for MS
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lessfewer insecure systems out there meanslessfewer headaches for MS
Gamma'd that for you
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For @RaceProUK's reference, if you can ask how much of something, it's more/less, if the more sensible question is how many then it's more/fewer.
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I know ;)
And I don't care :P
Oh, and BTW, it's greater/fewer
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Oh, and BTW, it's greater/fewer 😆
It really isn't.
Filed under: this year there were greater gramming opportunities...
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I have greater gramming badges than you?
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