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I used to work at Microsoft in the Windows team, and think that the product is a lot better than many people give it credit for. That said, why exactly do I wa
by efitz 5y ago
I used to work at Microsoft in the Windows team, and think that the product is a lot better than many people give it credit for.
That said, why exactly do I want even more kitchen sink functionality in my OS? In a world trending towards devices and services, we should see general purpose OS trending more towards slimmed-down, tailored-for-use implementations - maybe the same code base supports a game console and a streaming media device and a phone and a tablet, but each instance stripped until it's just what is needed. Why do I want bloat exactly?
- liquidpele 5y agoFor the same reason solitaire is an online app with ads now.
- IIAOPSW 5y agowait really? what's next? social media integration? The unironic irony of social solitaire.
- poisonborz 5y agoBecause Microsoft would be stupid to provide a barebones OS. What would an average user do with that? They install an OS and then spend days with hunting down different apps and configure them so that they can actually start using their device? MS (and honestly, any software company) has all the reasons and ability to provide a (more) complete solution. The only complaint one may have is to have ability to remove/disable the things you don't need - which you, as an experienced user, can do (eg. WSL is optional). I'm not saying this results in a healthy industry (monopolies using their monopoly to get into a much wider field) but if you see the world from an average user on one end, and a profit oriented company on the other, it's rather obvious how things happen.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoAlso, all the apps they provide tie in with services they want to sell like M365.
- jayd16 5y agoHmm this might be a better argument if we didn't use tablets as game consoles, streaming devices and phones.