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[–] dmention7@midwest.social 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I was recently pulling my hair out because a recent update caused a bug in the Windows recovery media creator that prevented the Windows RE from recognizing USB input devices. The few weeks between the faulty update and the fix just happened to coincide with me needing to use it.

WTF are they doing messing with something as basic as the Recovery Environment? And further, in a way that breaks its utility entirely?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And no regression tests that caught it

[–] DoctorPress@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They probably don't even test

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They vibed their way out of the tests

[–] Meowie_Gamer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

they ask copilot if the code works

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Will windows run ok? Yes? Good.

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 days ago

Captive audience on the contracts side, so they can do whatever they want as crappy as they want and the contracts still generate revenue.

You wanted a usable product? Stay away from Big Tech anymore.