Former Microsoft engineer explains why Windows 'sucks' now - Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions.
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Is hardcore mode where if the computer crashes it automatically deletes any files you had and resets the OS to a clean slate?
Prefer my roguelite os, I can only install updates every time I nuke my system.
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Well Windows sales might, but that’s why you gotta pay for pro mode that removes all the ad shit. Otherwise they would lose out on the additional 2/5 or whatever that comes from their ad-ware
The ads are for their own services though, doubt they’re earning any direct profit from advertising their own services.
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Microsoft needs to get on this. I would pay money out of my own pocket to be able to upgrade my Windows 11 to hardcore mode at work just so I didn’t have to deal with all of their AI and tracking bullshit.
And actually I know the company I work for would pay to upgrade all of their employees to the same level. Like they’re sitting on millions of dollars of profit to just be able to turn off the bullshit they’re forcing on us.
create problem, offer to fix problem if you pay… seems kind of like extortion, or in the very least abuse of monopoly powers
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Installing your OS and data on a RAM disk
essentially a live image
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Windows sucks now? Like there was a time it didn’t?
Windows 2000 was pretty solid.
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Would the person employing this mode called a superuser?
Sudo ultimatepower
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create problem, offer to fix problem if you pay… seems kind of like extortion, or in the very least abuse of monopoly powers
I’m willing to look the other way on this one.
Every time I image a PC, I have to run so many Windows 11 Debloat scripts and fixes to get rid of useless AI shit and then it just comes right back and it’s such a pain. It’s such a pain. I would gladly pay an annual amount of money to not have to deal with that pain.
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Windows 2000 was pretty solid.
So was 7.
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Win XP has entered the chat
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Windows sucks now? Like there was a time it didn’t?
I liked Win3.11!
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Is hardcore mode where if the computer crashes it automatically deletes any files you had and resets the OS to a clean slate?
suicidelinux?
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Win XP has entered the chat
XP UI was great, security not great.
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The ads are for their own services though, doubt they’re earning any direct profit from advertising their own services.
It’s not beyond the realms of belief that they do, such are the ways of corpo accounting. OS dept could be billing OneDrive dept for the ads to subsidise the OS dev.
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Installing your OS and data on a RAM disk
maybe in a handy USB package with built in encryption
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Of course it’s fucking Dave, piece of shit https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-s-office-sues-settles-washington-based-softwareonlinecom
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Microsoft needs to get on this. I would pay money out of my own pocket to be able to upgrade my Windows 11 to hardcore mode at work just so I didn’t have to deal with all of their AI and tracking bullshit.
And actually I know the company I work for would pay to upgrade all of their employees to the same level. Like they’re sitting on millions of dollars of profit to just be able to turn off the bullshit they’re forcing on us.
Windows 11 ltsc is Windows with all the copilot stuff removed. Doesn’t even have Windows store. It is what the Pro version of Windows should have been. Was impressed after installing it since even Windows 10 after clean install had bunch of crap like tiktok and messenger to remove. LTSC is the closest to what Windows used to be back in Windows 7 when an OS was just as OS opposed to trying to push people to make online accounts to log into.
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Hardcode mode
So if my PC crashes, I have to get a whole new one and start at the beginning?
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I’ve decided I’ll juat use a Mac for work and play PC games on a docked SteamDeck. No more need for windows.
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Hardcode mode
So if my PC crashes, I have to get a whole new one and start at the beginning?
Of course not! You just need to be willing to allow Microsoft to record you while doing some full penetration.
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Win XP has entered the chat
Nah, UI was good… ish.
But that’s where the downwards spiral began. Remember the online activation?
