Note: the MacOS part is false

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    David Plumber is a former Windows engineer, and has a YouTube channel where he shares stories about his time at Microsoft.

    Of course he has positive Windows opinions, and of course he yaps about it like he’s an expert: because he is

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          The only Microsoft’s app that I used everyday, multiple times a day in the past. Just to avoid the computer from completely crashing.

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        I watch his videos from time to time, he stays quite up to date when it comes to the underpinnings of modern software engineering. Mind you, just because he retired doesn’t mean he stopped tinkering and building. By all accounts he is still poking around in a number of projects and contributes his fair share of expertise. I’m not a fan of him not outright calling out Microsoft for their bullshit, but I do respect the sheer amount of expertise he brings to the table. Calling him out of date, particularly with the level of understanding needed to make something like a task manager, doesn’t seem fair.

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        He also loves pretending he developed every single Windows dialogue box, tool, application, default software and interface element, when the truth is more like:

        He says quite the opposite. He’s pretty open about what he was involved with and how long it’s been since he’s worked for MS. I’ve watched quite a few of his videos. He’s not what you claim.