Mildly Infuriating

"Upgrade"

LOL

Damn! If only we had some sort of technology that was OS independent and served as a way to view content and run code written for it without having to recompile for every platform.

I am of course talking about web browsers. Which I'm betting this screenshot is from.

Use Librewolf or a plugin that masks your user agent for privacy purposes; hides your OS so you can't be fingerprinted so easily.

For the record, my friend (he uses arch btw) has used Pearson before and I dont believe it actually affected him, so to me the message means "it could work for you but we won't support Linux if something screws up on your end because we're lazy developers"

NO! YOU FUCKING UPGRADE!

if it's in a browser fake ur user agent

I had that problem. I changed my ua to Edge on Windows, and the message went away. Everything worked.

"Upgrade"? Every other option is a downgrade. Sue them for false advertisement.

Very loose interpretation of the word "upgrade" they're employing here..

I’ll just change my web browser’s user agent then; you’re a fucking website, you don’t need to know which OS I’m using.

It’s amazing how many “unsupported” web apps work perfectly fine once you change the UA. It’s often a completely arbitrary limitation so that they can hire less qualified support staff.

There s a place where you can name and shame in a permanent searchable record: https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Main_Page

Be the change you want.

I had this problem over 10 years ago. change your user-agent, problem solved.

they do it because they are regulations for educational software that must be met, like specific access requirements in order to be used in accredited courses.

it's not anything specifically against Linux, it's that they can't test and validate those access requirements for anything outside Windows due to organizational limitations.

source: I worked for colleges early in my career that used Pearson then worked for a vendor that managed infrastructure and project management for Pearson. they aren't unique, their competition is just as fucked as they are. most still use waterfall because upper mgmt is old and refuses to adapt.

"Upgrading" to a supported operating system.... "Upgrading".

Their deliberate word choice of “upgrade” to supported operating system is mildly infuriating.

upgrade to a supported operating system

What are the options? Let me guess, Micro$oft Windows or Windows

"Our spyware is not able to accommodate your platform."

The horror stories I've read about what you give the software access to do (assuming there's truth to them; I've never run it myself).

Edit: I'm realizing now your screenshot is probably for a web course.

Upgrade

Insults on top of incompetence, huh?

The funny thing is that their server is probably running on Linux.

"upgrade"

I just tried to do a certification exam with these pricks a few hours ago. It was my first time and I was not expecting the degree of privacy-violating photos they would need of my workspace. I work in my bedroom and my desk wasn't clean enough. I think. I could barely understand what the guy was saying due to his thick accent. I think I got disconnected twice and just gave up. Fucking scam. All for a worthless piece of fucking paper to prove I can do the same job I've been doing for the past 13+ years.

What "Key features" from an educational course could possibly require windows? It's spying on you.

Its comical that in the last 25 years Linux has gone from a nerd-only tool to something that a 10 year old can install on an air-fryer and still we deal with this bs

Same pearson selling linux books

Our website runs on a linux server, can you not use it though

How tf do you not support an operating system. Like you gotta go out of your way to detect and block the operating system. Like if you put in 0 effort it would probably work but your company really spent money making their product less accessible for no reason.

The most infuriating part is that they call it an "upgrade"

They're under a class-action lawsuit currently for using biometric data in a US state where it's illegal. Just kinda interesting. https://www.bipatestsettlement.com/Home/FAQ

I ran into this before too, I believe I got around it with a User Agent changer… that or a windows 10 VM with 2 cores and 2GB of RAM that ran only Firefox… or you may be able to just press remind me later and suffer little/no consequences

I think it’s just because people that use Linux are generally more technologically inclined and are more likely to try and get around their crappy DRM