• P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I agree. This time, it’s actually different. Big name streamers and YouTubers are showing their support. Not just people in the tech industry, but random channels like EmKay and PewDiePie.

    Linux is better than ever. Steam is a breeze. Wine support has never been better.

    Meanwhile, Windows has more nasty surprises, underhanded backstabs, and security nightmares than ever before.

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        • Ads all over the place (and a start menu full of crapware)
        • Telemetry you can’t completely turn off anymore (the only thing I’d respect is a license check)
        • Constantly putting edge back
        • Forced MS account and removing ways to bypass it
        • Cloud upsells
        • Forced updates “do this within the next 2 days or else…”
        • “Copilot copilot copilot”
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          -we heard you like search bars so we added a search bar next to the menu containing a search bar.

          -open wide because here comes the unwanted update train.

          -you want to do thing with file?

          No, bad user. Play candycrush instead.

          -that’s an impressive machine you have there. Would be too bad if someone were to slow it down with tons of bloat.

          -Telemetry? At good ol MS? Never.

          -oh but all the W10 menus you love are still there, it just takes a rainforest expedition to get there.

          -Just buy a one drive subscription and walk away.

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            Yeah that search bar, so useless because the start menu itself is a search bar if you simply start typing.

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        Ads. Steering me to store all my data in Microsoft’s cloud where they do (or inevitably will) scan it for profiling, AI training, government surveillance, etc. (which also annoyingly locks file handles when documents are open). Shoving AI into every product, even when it’s completely useless. Sunsetting useful products. Changing license terms for paid products, forcing subscriptions. Requiring online accounts only and eliminating workarounds. Removing features and replacing them with incomplete UI offering less control. Massive security holes. Annoying patch/upgrade system that interrupts me while I’m working. Flaky, bug ridden tools (Teams, etc) And updates that break hardware.