• tyler@programming.dev
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    14 hours ago

    Were they arguing that extra antivirus wasn’t necessary? Cause windows built in has been better than alternatives for years now (well, idk about 11, but 7, 8, and 10 all had good antivirus).

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      13 hours ago

      When I was a strapping young lad, I would rather just reinstall the system in case of viruses than living with the antivirus software

    • Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works
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      9 hours ago

      It’s been long enough I don’t think I could faithfully remember the details of their argument. I think they were insisting that no AV was needed at all though, not that Windows’ built in protections are sufficient, which has indeed been true for a while.