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I'm so frustrated with Windows 11. I recently bought a laptop and that came with Windows 11. After hours of trying to work around the OOB "experience" that re

by samiv 1y ago

I'm so frustrated with Windows 11. I recently bought a laptop and that came with Windows 11. After hours of trying to work around the OOB "experience" that really really wants to you to sign up for a Microsoft account I finally managed to circumvent it. After using it for a while I actually like it. It's smooth and no major glitches. Then I didn't use my laptop for a while, logged in and was greeted with "Let's finish setting up your account". Only options are "Remind me again x days later" and "Ok" This is so obnoxious behavior it really makes me want to just roll over the whole machine with Linux. I wish the clowns from the marketing department hadn't taken over the Windows product division. My laptop is already setup thank you very much. I don't need your condesdencing dark pattern UX BS in my face.

ieie3366 1y ago
You are not the target audience. In fact, Microsoft would probably prefer if you switched to Linux
- pjmlp 1y ago
  Actually not, that is why WSL exists.
  - ieie3366 1y ago
    Not really. WSL was made because Microsoft wanted to preserve the ’average normie dev’ demographic who were increasingly moving to MacOS/Linux because the tooling was ass. Think a developer in some boring big insurance company. Microsoft does not and never will give a shit about some open source/privacy purist user. Now the IT department can give them windows laptops with WSL and everybody stays happy
leptons 1y ago
I use a few utilities to tame Windows 11 and make it work more like Windows 7, 8, and 10. It should get rid of that "Remind me again" thing, I haven't seen it in a long, long time. No ads, no crap from Microsoft. https://pxc-coding.com/donotspy11/ https://pxc-coding.com/donotspy11/ https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases

by samiv 1y ago

ieie3366 1y ago

You are not the target audience. In fact, Microsoft would probably prefer if you switched to Linux

pjmlp 1y ago
Actually not, that is why WSL exists.
- ieie3366 1y ago
  Not really. WSL was made because Microsoft wanted to preserve the ’average normie dev’ demographic who were increasingly moving to MacOS/Linux because the tooling was ass. Think a developer in some boring big insurance company. Microsoft does not and never will give a shit about some open source/privacy purist user. Now the IT department can give them windows laptops with WSL and everybody stays happy

leptons 1y ago

I use a few utilities to tame Windows 11 and make it work more like Windows 7, 8, and 10. It should get rid of that "Remind me again" thing, I haven't seen it in a long, long time. No ads, no crap from Microsoft. https://pxc-coding.com/donotspy11/ https://pxc-coding.com/donotspy11/ https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases