The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

    • @kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Yes, kinda. But take Windows for instance - the native backup tools got deprecated and are pretty much hidden, the systems constantly wants the user to use OneDrive.

      So yes, it makes sense to pay for cloud storage - but many people didn’t even need it before, and now it’s another new expense.

      • @whofearsthenight@lemm.eeEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        eh, everyone should be using some form of cloud backup, with the small exception of like people with extreme privacy needs, and even then you have to get to a fraction of a fraction before the answer isn’t encrypted cloud backups.

        That said, Win11 basically turning into an ad platform is gross as hell.