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I have been using Windows since 3.1. I've never been this annoyed. Windows 10 caused data loss (don't even get me started), privacy issues, constant nagging abo

I have been using Windows since 3.1. I've never been this annoyed. Windows 10 caused data loss (don't even get me started), privacy issues, constant nagging about their products and too many hours spent trying to change defaults (only to see them being reset seemingly at random). It's an amazing, stable and usable (except, you know...) operating system which for no logical reason, tries to alienate its users. If this is greed on Microsoft's part, then I'm really sad to see such great engineering used to do such evil. If this is a popular operating system adapting to its average user, I'm extremely sad about this deep incompetence of the average user. Probably both.

blackflame7000 10y ago
Agreed. I would much rather pay for windows and have that be the product than it be free and I be the product.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
  Windows is still a paid product, it's not free. Windows 10 is merely a free software update for existing users of Windows.
  - blackflame7000 10y ago
    While windows 10 now cost money, there is no question that the pricing model of this OS is vastly different from previous iterations. The presence of telemetry without a clear way to turn it off on most versions is a privacy invasion sold under the guise of performance enhancement and used for the purpose of profit.
joering2 10y ago
> tries to alienate its users. That's the unwanted or ignored outcome for their newest strategy. MS shift is from developing and charging you $200 for greatly working operating system (and making this way $1B a year) to giving you the system practically free (hello Apple) and having you operate in one giant magnifying glass, where every move of your mouse and ever letter you type is send to MS to later digest and somewhat make decisions on what you want from life in terms of ability to advertise stuff back at you, whether from Bing that you use or in some way selling signals you send them to third parties so they serve you more "relevant" content making $1B plus a few more $Bs! Conspiracy theory?? With fully working W10, from other than internet source load to your desktop photos of Ferraris, or simply name few photos "Ferrari". You will quickly see, within days how the ads being targeted to you on this computer are somewhat related to racing cars, luxury cars, etc. I made up my mind already. Windows 7 with uninstalled telemetry crap is my last standing Windows. I just got new laptop and its got enough Windows 7 drivers to install clean copy. But moving forward I will have to be forced to go into Linux... at least glad my work doesn't require any sophisticated tools that work only on specific platform.
- tracker1 10y ago
  More and more typical tools work just about everywhere... I really appreciate Cordova and Electron in that regard, putting thoughts of bloat aside. Not much ties me to windows, and even .Net is more portable than ever.

blackflame7000 10y ago

Agreed. I would much rather pay for windows and have that be the product than it be free and I be the product.

TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
Windows is still a paid product, it's not free. Windows 10 is merely a free software update for existing users of Windows.
- blackflame7000 10y ago
  While windows 10 now cost money, there is no question that the pricing model of this OS is vastly different from previous iterations. The presence of telemetry without a clear way to turn it off on most versions is a privacy invasion sold under the guise of performance enhancement and used for the purpose of profit.

joering2 10y ago

> tries to alienate its users. That's the unwanted or ignored outcome for their newest strategy. MS shift is from developing and charging you $200 for greatly working operating system (and making this way $1B a year) to giving you the system practically free (hello Apple) and having you operate in one giant magnifying glass, where every move of your mouse and ever letter you type is send to MS to later digest and somewhat make decisions on what you want from life in terms of ability to advertise stuff back at you, whether from Bing that you use or in some way selling signals you send them to third parties so they serve you more "relevant" content making $1B plus a few more $Bs! Conspiracy theory?? With fully working W10, from other than internet source load to your desktop photos of Ferraris, or simply name few photos "Ferrari". You will quickly see, within days how the ads being targeted to you on this computer are somewhat related to racing cars, luxury cars, etc. I made up my mind already. Windows 7 with uninstalled telemetry crap is my last standing Windows. I just got new laptop and its got enough Windows 7 drivers to install clean copy. But moving forward I will have to be forced to go into Linux... at least glad my work doesn't require any sophisticated tools that work only on specific platform.

tracker1 10y ago
More and more typical tools work just about everywhere... I really appreciate Cordova and Electron in that regard, putting thoughts of bloat aside. Not much ties me to windows, and even .Net is more portable than ever.