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From the last paragraph, the author seems defensive and bitter. But they needn't be. Windows just isn't for you. Powerusers should stay far away. Powerusers hav

From the last paragraph, the author seems defensive and bitter. But they needn't be. Windows just isn't for you. Powerusers should stay far away. Powerusers have unusual requirements that break Windows in unusual ways. For example, the author is complaining that Windows "forgot" his PNG file association, but I'm 99% sure this means that the author installed and then uninstalled some program that took the PNG file association, and Windows isn't designed to anticipate this kind of poweruser fickleness. Likewise, the author is running their disk space down to <40GB free, and didn't think that this would cause problems (because to a poweruser, 40GB is like, so many config files!) A normal user who got into this situation would hand their PC to a slightly-more-technically-capable user who would notice that the disk was full. Or maybe they'd take it to a PC repair shop. But a poweruser spends "two days of debugging".

bobsmooth 4mo ago
>For example, the author is complaining that Windows "forgot" his PNG file association No, Windows really will mess with your file associations after an update. Recently happened to me.
- nubinetwork 4mo ago
  Can confirm, Windows and acrobat are constantly fighting over who owns .pdf files.
solid_fuel 4mo ago
> I'm 99% sure this means that the author installed and then uninstalled some program that took the PNG file association, and Windows isn't designed to anticipate this kind of poweruser fickleness. The bar is on the fucking floor, I guess, if you think that would be an acceptable excuse. It’s not. But it doesn’t even matter since you’re imagining a scenario here that isn’t even necessary - windows will HAPPILY overwrite your file preferences when it installs updates.
- phendrenad2 4mo ago
  > if you think that would be an acceptable excuse This is the Is/Aught Fallacy. I'm explaining how things ARE you're confusing it with me saying it's how things SHOULD BE. In other words, it's a statement of fact, not an "excuse". > windows will HAPPILY overwrite your file preferences when it installs updates Do you have evidence of this?
  - rcxdude 4mo ago
    Your phrasing did not come across as such. And the fact of the matter is that windows is also not designed for regular users if they regularly need to take it to a repair shop due to windows screwing itself up. Power users may not tolerate bad behaviour (or at least, will complain about it more loudly) but the negative effects don't go away for users that are unaware of how things could be better.
  - solid_fuel 4mo ago
    >> if you think that would be an acceptable excuse > This is the Is/Aught Fallacy. I'm explaining how things ARE you're confusing it with me saying it's how things SHOULD BE. In other words, it's a statement of fact, not an "excuse". No, instead of accepting the authors experiences as described you came up with a contrived scenario that involves the author not knowing how to use a computer, but somehow being a power user. Then you said that was probably what happened, before moving on to claim that the author isn't in the target audience for windows anyway. Explaining how things are would not include dismissing the original criticisms as untrue. >> windows will HAPPILY overwrite your file preferences when it installs updates > Do you have evidence of this? Yes I just read a great article that mentions one persons experience with Windows doing exactly that, you can find it here: https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-11-june-2026-results.html https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-11-june-2026-res...
    - phendrenad2 4mo ago
      > Yes I just read a great article that mentions one persons experience with Windows doing exactly that, you can find it here But that's just using the article I'm saying is wrong as evidence that it's right. Can you do that? I'm going to have to re-evaluate my system of logic.
seabird 4mo ago
This argument sucks and there’s no point making excuses for Microsoft when we know full well that they can ship updates without constant severe defects. Somebody isn’t a power user just because they use their computer for more than watching YouTube and light web browsing. The type of shit that is being broken on a month to month basis now would have been scandalous in past versions of Windows. That being said, we’re never going back to what we had in the past. Fixing it would be nasty business.
- phendrenad2 4mo ago
  > we know full well that they can ship updates without constant severe defects How do you know that? I guess you don't work for a big company. Incompetence is the norm, not the exception. > Somebody isn’t a power user just because they use their computer for more than watching YouTube and light web browsing Strawman argument. I didn't say that. I said that the author is a poweruser, and the author is doing a lot more than "watching YouTube and light web browsing".
  - seabird 4mo ago
    > How do you know that? Because I started giving a shit about it functioning properly starting with Windows XP and have been using the product for basically as long as I can remember. I’m not saying they’ve never had stinkers but you’re being obtuse if you actually don’t notice how extreme the bugs have gotten for basic tasks. As an aside, I’ve basically only worked for large companies. Incompetence being common doesn’t mean everything is hopelessly terrible. > the author is a power user Installing routine updates isn’t power user activity. It’s actually mandatory and the system constantly nags you if you don’t do it. Installing an image viewer isn’t power user activity. If you seriously believe that’s the case you have a rotten view of the user and we are never going to see eye to eye on this. I genuinely hope you don’t manage or design software.
    - phendrenad2 4mo ago
      I feel that you're twisting my words or simply misunderstanding them, and it's leading to personal attacks from you so I won't continue.
rcxdude 4mo ago
40GB free is not 'full' by anyone's definition, and also you would expect a useful error message from the updater if that is indeed not enough to successfully update. This sort of thing is even worse if you're not a power user, but regular users tend to just put up with it and get the impression computers are just kind of shit in general.
- phendrenad2 4mo ago
  > you would expect a useful error message from the updater if that is indeed not enough to successfully update Sure, but it doesn't. And it doesn't matter to most users, who, as I said, just take their PC to the local PC Repair Shop when it runs out of storage, so there's no backpressure on Microsoft to fix it. See my other comments about this being an Is/Aught Fallacy issue.
  - rcxdude 4mo ago
    with a failing update I don't think they'd even bother to do that. They'll just live with an old version and the occasional reboot when windows decides to try again.
    - phendrenad2 4mo ago
      That's an excellent point

bobsmooth 4mo ago

>For example, the author is complaining that Windows "forgot" his PNG file association No, Windows really will mess with your file associations after an update. Recently happened to me.

nubinetwork 4mo ago
Can confirm, Windows and acrobat are constantly fighting over who owns .pdf files.

solid_fuel 4mo ago

> I'm 99% sure this means that the author installed and then uninstalled some program that took the PNG file association, and Windows isn't designed to anticipate this kind of poweruser fickleness. The bar is on the fucking floor, I guess, if you think that would be an acceptable excuse. It’s not. But it doesn’t even matter since you’re imagining a scenario here that isn’t even necessary - windows will HAPPILY overwrite your file preferences when it installs updates.

phendrenad2 4mo ago
> if you think that would be an acceptable excuse This is the Is/Aught Fallacy. I'm explaining how things ARE you're confusing it with me saying it's how things SHOULD BE. In other words, it's a statement of fact, not an "excuse". > windows will HAPPILY overwrite your file preferences when it installs updates Do you have evidence of this?
- rcxdude 4mo ago
  Your phrasing did not come across as such. And the fact of the matter is that windows is also not designed for regular users if they regularly need to take it to a repair shop due to windows screwing itself up. Power users may not tolerate bad behaviour (or at least, will complain about it more loudly) but the negative effects don't go away for users that are unaware of how things could be better.
- solid_fuel 4mo ago
  >> if you think that would be an acceptable excuse > This is the Is/Aught Fallacy. I'm explaining how things ARE you're confusing it with me saying it's how things SHOULD BE. In other words, it's a statement of fact, not an "excuse". No, instead of accepting the authors experiences as described you came up with a contrived scenario that involves the author not knowing how to use a computer, but somehow being a power user. Then you said that was probably what happened, before moving on to claim that the author isn't in the target audience for windows anyway. Explaining how things are would not include dismissing the original criticisms as untrue. >> windows will HAPPILY overwrite your file preferences when it installs updates > Do you have evidence of this? Yes I just read a great article that mentions one persons experience with Windows doing exactly that, you can find it here: https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-11-june-2026-results.html https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-11-june-2026-res...
  - phendrenad2 4mo ago
    > Yes I just read a great article that mentions one persons experience with Windows doing exactly that, you can find it here But that's just using the article I'm saying is wrong as evidence that it's right. Can you do that? I'm going to have to re-evaluate my system of logic.

seabird 4mo ago

This argument sucks and there’s no point making excuses for Microsoft when we know full well that they can ship updates without constant severe defects. Somebody isn’t a power user just because they use their computer for more than watching YouTube and light web browsing. The type of shit that is being broken on a month to month basis now would have been scandalous in past versions of Windows. That being said, we’re never going back to what we had in the past. Fixing it would be nasty business.

phendrenad2 4mo ago
> we know full well that they can ship updates without constant severe defects How do you know that? I guess you don't work for a big company. Incompetence is the norm, not the exception. > Somebody isn’t a power user just because they use their computer for more than watching YouTube and light web browsing Strawman argument. I didn't say that. I said that the author is a poweruser, and the author is doing a lot more than "watching YouTube and light web browsing".
- seabird 4mo ago
  > How do you know that? Because I started giving a shit about it functioning properly starting with Windows XP and have been using the product for basically as long as I can remember. I’m not saying they’ve never had stinkers but you’re being obtuse if you actually don’t notice how extreme the bugs have gotten for basic tasks. As an aside, I’ve basically only worked for large companies. Incompetence being common doesn’t mean everything is hopelessly terrible. > the author is a power user Installing routine updates isn’t power user activity. It’s actually mandatory and the system constantly nags you if you don’t do it. Installing an image viewer isn’t power user activity. If you seriously believe that’s the case you have a rotten view of the user and we are never going to see eye to eye on this. I genuinely hope you don’t manage or design software.
  - phendrenad2 4mo ago
    I feel that you're twisting my words or simply misunderstanding them, and it's leading to personal attacks from you so I won't continue.

rcxdude 4mo ago

40GB free is not 'full' by anyone's definition, and also you would expect a useful error message from the updater if that is indeed not enough to successfully update. This sort of thing is even worse if you're not a power user, but regular users tend to just put up with it and get the impression computers are just kind of shit in general.

phendrenad2 4mo ago
> you would expect a useful error message from the updater if that is indeed not enough to successfully update Sure, but it doesn't. And it doesn't matter to most users, who, as I said, just take their PC to the local PC Repair Shop when it runs out of storage, so there's no backpressure on Microsoft to fix it. See my other comments about this being an Is/Aught Fallacy issue.
- rcxdude 4mo ago
  with a failing update I don't think they'd even bother to do that. They'll just live with an old version and the occasional reboot when windows decides to try again.
  - phendrenad2 4mo ago
    That's an excellent point