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It's more than just telemetry or the interface. It's about taking some step forwards, and many more steps backwards. Sure, they made an OS that was better for
by Brybry 9y ago
It's more than just telemetry or the interface. It's about taking some step forwards, and many more steps backwards.
Sure, they made an OS that was better for the world because it forces options that mitigate the damage computer illiterate users were doing but at the expense of usability for power users.
For example, picking and choosing windows updates is a much worse process in Windows 10. There's a lot more bloat in general that is a lot harder/more annoying to turn off than the bloat in previous versions of Windows.
There are design choices that make working around bugs harder. For example, my friend currently has a serious performance hit if Windows Defender's real time monitoring is on. Windows 10 can automatically turns real time monitoring back on if you turn it off, even if you set a group policy and registry settings to disable it.
He'll probably end up disabling Windows Defender entirely just because Microsoft can't trust users to manage their own settings.
- acdha 9y ago> For example, picking and choosing windows updates is a much worse process in Windows 10. That’s because this is a bad idea for almost all users: it increases the odds of updates not being installed or people having problems due to an untested combination of updates which wouldn’t have happened if they’d installed everything. Similarly, if Windows Defender does have a notable performance issue beyond what’s typical for AV as a class, the right way to avoid it is to install a separate AV rather than running an Internet-connected system without it.
- tinus_hn 9y agoWhat increases the odds of people not installing updates is low quality. Microsoft can’t be trusted anymore not to break two things for every one problem they fix.
- acdha 9y agoI agree that the risk is real but your second sentence is unhelpful hyperbole. Yes, there’s room for improvement but that’s just not true – and I say that as someone who stopped personal use of Microsoft’s operating systems when I switched to DR-DOS. Exaggerating the scale does nothing other than lower your credibility.
- NiveaGeForce 9y agoWindows 10 should work fine by default https://np.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/74xc2z/windows_and_efficiency/ https://np.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/74xc2z/windows_an...