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Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news

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1725 points taubek | 1 comments | 27 Mar 23 05:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.241s | source
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oliwarner ◴[27 Mar 23 07:25 UTC] No.35323842[source]▶
I left Windows in a hail of Vista bugs, over a decade ago. I've seen it get worse and worse in that time, both in UX rot and anti-consumer "features".

I'm almost impressed with what people willingly put up with.

Not here to eulogize over what I moved to, but I think it's important people consider why they're still using Windows. It's not your friend.

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0x2c8 ◴[27 Mar 23 07:55 UTC] No.35324043[source]▶
I share the same sentiment.

The other day I was frustrated with several Linux quirks my laptop was experiencing and decided to give Windows 11 + WSL2 a try.

The sheer amount of bloat, sneaky privacy settings, ads, clunky UI etc. literally make Windows unusable. I was willing to put up with the switch (leveraging WSL2), but the entire operating system feels like a browser with toolbars from the 2000s.

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ornornor ◴[27 Mar 23 09:04 UTC] No.35324477[source]▶
Except that you pay for windows. It’s madness.
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1. squarefoot ◴[27 Mar 23 10:13 UTC] No.35324834[source]▶
It's even worse: you become a product (spyware, telemetry, etc) but don't get a free product in return.