Microsoft: We see all the backlash and we know we have a lot to fix in Windows
Microsoft: We see all the backlash and we know we have a lot to fix in Windows
As for me, I don't see any good reason to continue using Windows because M$ forces users to use online accounts.
"We have a lot to fix but instead we plan to shove more AI shit into it instead."
“Here’s some nice words to make you think we give a shit. Lol.”
Me watching the dumpster fire from my cozy Linux machine.
Me watching the dumpster fire from my cozy Linux machine.
I've been a windows user since the very beginning of my computer journey, I had no interest in Linux, windows met my needs entirely.
I installed Cachy OS rather than upgrade to windows 11. I know a lot of people have either irritating and difficult to solve, to even system breaking issues with Linux, but not me. This shit just works and I don't miss windows at all.
I mean fuck, you can just run a program called bauh that let's you find any program you want to install with a simple search and gives you multiple ways to do it. The flatpack install method could not be more friendly to a windows refugee.
Seriously consider trying Linux if you are tired of windows. I was worried enough I just took out the m.2 with my windows install and threw in a new one for Linux, so I could go right back if I wanted, I might burn that SSD.
I was worried enough I just took out the m.2 with my windows install and threw in a new one for Linux, so I could go right back if I wanted, I might burn that SSD.
Even better, if your motherboard has two slots, you can do what I did and simply install Linux on a brand new second M.2, and set that as your default boot drive. I can easily boot Windows if ever needed, which was only ever once or twice, and even better, I can access all my windows files from my Linux install, if I ever realize I want an old screenshot/config file/etc.
Super convenient, and whenever I want that storage back, I'll simply wipe the Windows drive and call it a day, I haven't accessed it in months anyway.
Just make a solid OS without shoehorning every buzzword in. Basically polish up windows 7. Give it the snow leopard treatment but with a nice fresh DE
That ship sailed and sunk a long time ago.
Two words: “Windows 8”
MS to public: We have a lot to fix in Windows
MS to not-yet-laid-off workers: Use CoPilot to "fix" Windows
Windows is the most embarrassingly-made major software still being manufactured and purchased. There’s nothing like it.
I feel sorry for all of the software engineers at Microsoft who are too used to their paychecks to get work that matters.
all of the software engineers at Microsoft
They got fired a while ago. It's only copilot defecating slop, now, which explains why every single update permanently breaks some fundamental feature that had been working for ages.
I see you are unfamiliar with ERP software.
True, SAP sucks the butt
Oh excellent point.
I’ll amend it with “widely-distributed” software. Software without a captive business audience.
Luckily I don’t have to deal with much ERP software lately (or something like Workday, which is also awful). I’d put Oracle on this list too.
Sorry Windows, not going back.
They've been innovatively stagnant and focused on the wrong thing for years. All of this AI is them trying to chase the first thing that comes along without thinking about what people would actually want.
The scary part is they're going to continue to try jamming shit nobody wants into their server stuff too, but I guess that's been bloated garbage too.
Windows team: talks about issues in Windows
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Leadership joins in: “We need full Cloud and AI everywhere and for everything! Prio everything else below that!”
That didn't even deserve an article. What an absolute nothing of a response.
Too little too late
Written from my Nobara 42
...we know we have a lot to fix in Windows (but we ain't gonna do anything anyway).
I mean you have to pull up command prompt once, but if you do, it's beyond easy to bypass the online account requirement
For now. But regardless, it's plain silly that they are forcing you in the first place.
If MS wanted to utterly break local user accounts they would have already done so.
Silence! The Monopoly will hear no more of your treachery!
Initiate Unknown Error!
Yep. No way am I fiddling with a MS account.
Eh, too late. I’m already gone. Was only on Windows for gaming in the first place, and they’ve lost that now.
I still can't believe that in the year of our lord 2025 Linux is the better option for most gamers.
Year of the linux desktop jokes are getting less jokey by the day.
I’ve got two(!!!) games left that a lot of my buddies play that are windows-only. Once those get a port, my Windows SSD is going from the secondary boot option to a secondary storage drive lol