[BartSimpson]

Tricks Tricks:

I know a former state sponsored blue team guy, he always says, "I don't want the security guy who says "don't use xyz". I want the security guy who says "Yeah, xyz have these problems. This is how you can use it securely"

I'm the security guy who says there are simply some things that are not worth the risk to use.

[housewife]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

housewife housewife:

Why would anyone want all this computerized crap?

Because Candy Crush and porn!

Valid

[herbie]

Oh I do tell them "these are the problems of xyz, abc, or wxy..." and if you insist on one ,buy an i9 so it will be as fast as your Pentium 3 was...
MOF most of them don't believe it when I tell them the reason the sales kid insisted they needed to buy an antivirus was so he'd make an extra $2 commission.

[Tricks]

herbie herbie:

Oh I do tell them "these are the problems of xyz, abc, or wxy..." and if you insist on one ,buy an i9 so it will be as fast as your Pentium 3 was...
MOF most of them don't believe it when I tell them the reason the sales kid insisted they needed to buy an antivirus was so he'd make an extra $2 commission.

When I worked for Canada Computers I got in trouble for refusing to sell AV.

[herbie]

Got 2 calls yesterday about "all of a sudden" Windows7 end of support issues.
Four years after they ignored a whole year of upgrade for free messages.
People are fucking stupid.
BTW both were gov't employees.........

Sixty dollars to upgrade it for me? Sixty? :-(
Well you could drive two hours to Best Buy, pay $120 for a copy of Windows 10, drive back and do it all by yourself.

[Tricks]

herbie herbie:

Got 2 calls yesterday about "all of a sudden" Windows7 end of support issues.
Four years after they ignored a whole year of upgrade for free messages.
People are fucking stupid.
BTW both were gov't employees.........

Sixty dollars to upgrade it for me? Sixty? :-(
Well you could drive two hours to Best Buy, pay $120 for a copy of Windows 10, drive back and do it all by yourself.

When I run engagements now, if I see Windows products that are ending support in the next 6 months, I put it in my report to the client.

[Thanos]

herbie herbie:

Sixty dollars to upgrade it for me? Sixty? :-(
Well you could drive two hours to Best Buy, pay $120 for a copy of Windows 10, drive back and do it all by yourself.

In the end it would cost them $200: $120 for Windows, $60 for you to install it for them after they manage to fuck it up doing it themselves, and $20 for assorted taxes. You know this is true.

[herbie]

Whaddaya mean? They heard it was still possible to upgrade for free, so I should do it for them for free!
Then if I tell them that I know how to and they don't, that's what they're paying for, they get rightly pissed off. And spend 4 hours driving and at least $50 worth of gas on top of $120 + taxes + $150 for someone else to fix it after they fuck it up and boy did they teach me a lesson!

[Thanos]

That's why Microsoft should be banned from advertising things as "so easy you can do it yourself at home!". It's as big a lie as when the car salesman says "we'll toss in the mudflaps and Scotchgard the seats for free".

[Tricks]

I don't think you can fuck up that upgrade anymore, I did it the other day and I swear that is idiot proof now

[CharlesAnthony]

Upgrade??
Oh, I get it!
Send all of your data to the data centers in exchange for more sprinkles on your coffee!

[stratos]

Thanos Thanos:

Because people are drawn like flies to shit by bright colours, fancy gadgets, and things that make amusing beeping noises. Oldest sales gimmick in the colouring book.

Slot Machines in a casino

[DrCaleb]

stratos stratos:

Thanos Thanos:

Because people are drawn like flies to shit by bright colours, fancy gadgets, and things that make amusing beeping noises. Oldest sales gimmick in the colouring book.

Slot Machines in a casino

Casino Slot machines can't download your contact list and text messages like apps that were designed to hook you just like the slot machine was.