Same song and dance since at least Windows me. Overtime it keeps getting more bloated and focused on advertising. If you got to use Windows at work, it is what it is but at home, get over it and switch to Linux already. It’s very clear that all the complaining of the world has little chance to ever get Windows to be what people want it to be
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Are they, tho?
Ha. I thought this was from The Onion the first time I scrolled past it. What a hilarious joke. I hope it back fires so people and countries continue moving away from Windows.
countries continue moving away from Windows
you have to admit a huge percentage of people are just dumb enough to actually believe they need the thing they're being told they need, by the people who are selling them the thing.
but when a company spends decades doing shit that literally everyone hates, changing shit that no one asked to be changed, ignoring the changes people want, and now force-feeding this copilot bullshit that doesn't even work, which, again, NO ONE asked for-- fuck microsoft, and fuck their ~~windows~~ spyware
Looking back, these will be the times that trump destroyed america and microsoft destroyed itself. Maybe america destroyed itself and trump was nothing more than the guy who squeezed the pimple.
Lol. Buhbyeeeeee
If they would produce a super stable, backward compatible system without "AI", without tons of dark patterns and with a traditional UI... let's say, a Windows 7 reboot with compatibility to modern software and released under a Free license... then I would honestly take a look.
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They are failing.
The biggest problem is that even if they fix it, it will take ages for the people that left to believe it is actually fixed. We can't take MS's word for it... And even then we will have no trust they won't just slip right back into this hellscape a couple years (or months) down the line.
My 4 part plan to put Microsoft back on track.
1: Re-open support for Windows 10 until at least 2 years after the release date of the next version of Windows.
2: Commit to making the next version of Windows less intrusive, cleaner, more reliable, and a small as technically possible.
3: Fully fund the open source projects that Microsoft relies on for their products.
4: Make Co-pilot an optional toolkit that runs in the background, with tight, easily configured controls and hook-ins to other applications and data.
Please put me in charge of Microsoft. I'll do it for a measly 10 million dollars a year. You'll save so much on my salary alone, you practically can't afford not to hire me.
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"Improving", the agentic OS thing? Or did they step back from that?
Hilarious
Talk is cheap.
I bet more AI and ads will make people trust it even more
Too late
"improve user experience and stability"