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Former Microsoft engineer explains why Windows 'sucks' now - Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions.

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  • M massacre@lemmy.world

    Win XP has entered the chat

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    dan1101@lemmy.world
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    XP UI was great, security not great.

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    • P Pycorax

      The ads are for their own services though, doubt they’re earning any direct profit from advertising their own services.

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      beardedgingerwonder@feddit.uk
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      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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      • A acebonobo@lemmy.world

        Installing your OS and data on a RAM disk

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        nymnympseudonym
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        maybe in a handy USB package with built in encryption

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          foobaz@lemmy.world
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          #49

          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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          • B bizarroland@lemmy.world

            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.

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            lfrith@lemmy.ca
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            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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              #51

              Hardcode mode

              So if my PC crashes, I have to get a whole new one and start at the beginning?

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                Guy Ingonito
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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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                • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 K 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮

                  Hardcode mode

                  So if my PC crashes, I have to get a whole new one and start at the beginning?

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                  spacecowboy@lemmy.ca
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                  Of course not! You just need to be willing to allow Microsoft to record you while doing some full penetration.

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                  • M massacre@lemmy.world

                    Win XP has entered the chat

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                    Einar
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                    #54

                    Nah, UI was good… ish.

                    But that’s where the downwards spiral began. Remember the online activation?

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                      yardratiansoma@lemmy.ca
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                      #55

                      Gotta love how they have more than 70% of the market, yet they still need to see line go up, because otherwise they might actually have to improve the product 🫨

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                        fizz@lemmy.nz
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                        #56

                        Its funny that windows users are asking for the most basic shit like searching their own computer and Microsoft is like nah im going to give you bing and ads

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