“Windows 10 is the final major version”, they say as they create Windows 11 (Remember, Windows 10’s discontinuation is October 15th or so. 3 months.) with 12 down the line. All the while shoving things clearly usable for just transforming the OS into outright spyware (snapshots of your entire OS. this would clearly be backdoored and telemetrized to Heaven and back), and just shoving things you may not want down your throat (Do I have to mention I honestly don’t wanna randomly get AI recommending something related to my recent activity I may have already lost interest in anyways?).
It’s very dishonest and I’m very tired of having to see it.
And, to be very clear here: I’m NOT saying you should switch. I’m making clear here that I don’t hate windows. I love the OS if it were clean. What I don’t like is Microsoft and all the bloatware applied.
The reason I’m making the post that I caption as “guess who finally ditched Windows” is because I am literally ditching Windows. I’m tired of what Microsoft is doing, and have been for very long.
EDIT: This is also a lot of times what people mean when they say “I hate Windows”. They mean Microsoft and the bloatware, because that’s all the OS has become: Corporate bloatware.
its not that i hate windows. it’s just a frustrating OS. ive used it all my life until now, and honestly the amount of “you sure you wanna execute this” or “no u can’t do this because we said so” and telemetrizing the entire OS and forcing you to make a microsoft account, and locking stuff behind paywalls… i get it’s a business model, but from a UX perspective, that doesn’t last long - and that is for good reason. people are gonna have enough of it at some point.
let me try being clearer here - say, you’re tired of the light mode. you wanna switch, only to realize you need a license key. now, let’s see all you’ve done:
bought the device
agreed to a terms of use and privacy policy
you already bought the device, now you’re being made to pay extra. not only that, the OS is filled to the brim with unnecessary bloatware that downs the general performance and etcetera.
if you remove all that (which is hardly doable, as some things are integrated into the entire OS itself (Microsoft Edge, I’m looking at you)), I could say it’s a pretty damn good OS and I wouldn’t be switching, but that’s a hard say when that’s not the other issue.
every major windows version so far has been a reskin of windows 7, which admittably is the best version there ever was. nothing new, just a fresh coat of paint and more security updates.
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someone really needs to make a fan service pack for windows 7 to keep it usable in the modern day, i’d happily downgrade if such a thing existed
there’s reunion7, but haven’t tested it personally
looks cool, thank you!! :D