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Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.
Bought new laptop recently as in the op picture and OneDrive 'integration' was the final straw for me. I used windows since 3.11 and whilst there's some stuff I don't like about Linux I had enough reasons to make a switch after few hours of worrying where the fuck my files went.
I remember there was a folder for a Windows marketplace game that I spent a good couple of days trying to get rights to access so I could mod the single player game contained inside. But no, Microsoft had a folder on MY OWN computer locked down tougher than Fort Knox. That was Windows 10 iirc, I can't imagine how much worse it's gotten, I switched to Linux completely a couple years back.
But don't you dare suggest Linux or else you'll be an obnoxious zealot. Better to just keep your head down and let Microsoft maintain their monopoly and steadily make the lives of everyone who uses a computer worse.
Maybe 4 years ago I would've thought that last line was an exaggeration about win10, but ohhh boy if thats not their goal now I don't know what is.
Problem with average users its either be fucked in ways that arent apparent until you have to buy a new PC even though your last one was perfect fine, or you fuck yourself up and don't know how to fix it, let alone to approach the thought of that.
To who I have suggested Linux to, usually they are already familiar but not using it as a daily, I've said how installation was smooth and easy, most of the software I need is available or has a nice alternative, some games need light config but there are some that won't, but it isnt for everyone. If they're modifying reg keys to make it less annoying, they deserve a less annoying OS, if they don't give a shit.. their loss lol
The desktop was feature complete in 1998. Everything after that was unnecessary complication. I use xfce desktops and it hasn't changed a bit and I love it.
False. We didn't have wobbly windows in 1998.
You may not have had them but I sure remember the plastic sheeting keeping the wind at bay!
Man I hate one drive. Can it be removed/uninstalled?
Buying technology used to be like plucking a ripe apple from a tree. You see, you take, you enjoy.
Lately, I liken the process to gutting a fish. You now have to skillfully dispose of the unwanted bits, and it always comes with unwanted bits.
Edit: okay, you have to pay extra for the "professional" version to go back to a less encumbered experience. It's still bad though.
Or choose open-source, which is either plucking the apple, or planting the whole orchard from seeds and tending it for years. Coin toss.
Pfft! Don't like it? The code to the DNA is right there in the treepo.
And that's just computers. Cars and phones, man, holy crap.
To take your fish analogy, it's like "Well maybe 5% of your catch is NOT laden with innumerable parasites, but they're the only thing that lives here and we gotta eat so...."
Edit: "But I heard there's a new breed that not full of parasites!"
"Yeah but those don't seem to migrate here and if they do they either don't thrive or get eaten by these bloated monstrosities."
Heard about that yesterday from some folks, that it had uploaded all their documents and desktop files and replaced those folder paths with OneDrive paths. Without their knowledge.
Just what the fuck? They were from the US, so that probably isn't illegal there, but why even build such a """feature""", if you'd get sued to hell and back for it in any self-respecting country?
Windows 11 has made me feel old.
wtf just popped up, whats it doing
Even on maybe 6 year old hardware and SSD some components like the news and weather, sometimes search just take so long to populate that its a question why anyone would use it, and I often don't intend to
wheres that setting
Still have control panel and settings, now we get two right click menus! (More options summons the old win10 styled right click context)
Wish I could stick to windows 7, it was comfortable and clean, people got in a tizzy when they decided to report when you logged on to a server. And look im sounding old
Wish I could stick to windows 7
Bring back XP. Win 7 is far better than 10, which is more tolerable than 11, but XP didn't have any of the multiple settings menu systems.
Windows users will say this and then call you slurs when you even suggest other options exist
Windows XPsp1 was peak. No visual overhead, no surplus protection , nothing but plain interaction with a computer using only mouse
Mouse is bloat
Gosh trying to find the Open PDFs by default using anything other than Edge was a HUGE pain at work where I have to use Microsoft Shit...
It's nowhere in the settings, Edge straight up ignores the fact you set up a different PDF viewer app as a default, which takes way longer to load files than my other installed PDF readers.
You have to right click and have this option checked, smdh.
i uninstalled edge. that solved most of my edge related problems.