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Theyre not removing it.
They are removing the local storage only and privacy settings around it.
The Cortana version of it specifically, it seems?
People tend to overreact to Microsoft announcements (see last week's panic about an out-of-context policy change for OEMs misreported as a lack of support for older Intel chips), but in fairness MS doesn't make it easy with the obtuse way they communicate in a whole bunch of areas.
They don't make it easy with the constant fucking of their own consumers. It should be expected that people assume the worst because that's what they've been conditioned to expect for the last 10 years.
Does location data get stored on their servers or elsewhere?
Oh man , I am staying on Windows 10 for as long as I can..
Start dual booting with Linux just to give it a try so won't have to remove Windows as you give it a test drive. That's what I did and I found out that Linux isn't as bad or cryptic as some people make it seem. Haven't even booted into my windows in over a month now.
Linux is user-centric but it's also a giant pain in the ass to use. Right now my laptop boots up when I shut it down and close the lid, so I have a perpetually dead battery, and I can't seem to pass access to the camera to any apps at all. I also can't seem to get any video editors to utilize the GPU for rendering. That's just today's problems.
Laptops not designed for Linux sometimes have weird hardware problems -- someday I will buy a computer specifically built for Linux so everything works -- either that or get an old thinkpad and just live with it being slow.
Oh I use linux already I just have Windows 10 for multiplayer games.
Which online games are you trying to play? I've had pretty decent luck with most online games. Can even play Helldiver's 2.
Battlefield 1 and Warzone.
HellDivers 2 runs like a dream. It plays because it's not PvP.
The problem with every PvP game is that they refuse to allow players online unless they have kernel-level anticheat. That's a dealbreaker, and nobody will negotiate on it.
Nah. Just go all in with Slackware.
Upgrade to W10 Enterprise IOT LTSC and you’ll get security updates until 2032. Search mass gravel and read the W10 EOL guide. Took me 10 minutes with no data loss.
I am really hoping they will provide at least 2 more years of updates for everyone (perhaps the EU can force them to).
Use Windows 10 ltsc and you will have updates until 2032
So opposite of what Google Maps did?
What? All Google services have always been corrupt data theft systems.
Correct.
But Google Maps used to keep location history on their servers if enabled but recently they have announced an end to that and it will be stored locally only, with a window now for downloading your prior data.
....which is actually annoying. It's a good feature ☹️
It can be but is rather that locally on my device nonetheless.