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I use Windows on a day to day basis, and you might sometimes find me defending that. However, I hate stuff like this. You are right, it is user hostile. Windo
by jmkni 7y ago
I use Windows on a day to day basis, and you might sometimes find me defending that.
However, I hate stuff like this. You are right, it is user hostile.
Windows 10 under the hood is solid, but this kind of thing really pisses me off. It’s the same issue with ads or bing in the start menu, you literally can’t turn it off anymore (you used to be able to with the Registry Editor or GP).
I use MacOS as well regularly, and you just don’t get this kind of crap from Apple (just different kinds of crap).
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoYep. I am an unapologetic Unix diehard, but the core NT system is nice. Flexible, portable, supports multiple personalities (even if they barely use it like that; WSL1 being an example of leveraging it), parts are borderline microkernel-ish, by all accounts very nicely designed. Then... There are the user-facing parts of the system. The GUI, the licensing, the telemetry/spyware, ads, forced updates, WHY IS XBOX ON THE SERVER BUILDS, just... All of it. So, I live on Linux and the odd BSD... well, really just "Not Microsoft". Because a beautiful kernel under that userspace is still a loss.
- GordonS 7y agoI feel the same way - Windows 10 is my daily driver, and mostly I love it! But I use Pro and Enterprise editions - I would find it really irritating if my Start menu was spammed with ads and apps I didn't install. And disabling local accounts (or at least making it even harder to use them) is a scummy move.