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kleinbl00 · 2251 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps On My PC Without Asking
It depends a lot on hardware, I think. My custom-built Pro Tools rig? Blew it all away, computer went "huh" and I never saw it again. Lenovo tablet? Three years after Superfish? Purged all the bloatware and the thing wouldn't wake from hibernate. Same with the USB-to-serial. Serial, as a protocol, does fuckall. Serial, as a framework for proprietary extensibility, is incredibly versatile. But that means that nearly everything it does is a proprietary hack. Back when I used to have to do it all the time we knew there were three USB-serial devices that our techs had to carry because every device worked better or worse (or not at all) with each. Keyspan, by the way. Fucker hasn't changed in 15 years. Just like serial.