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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: 0.212s | 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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nunodonato ◴[27 Mar 23 07:40 UTC] No.35323955[source]▶
That's precisely the question I keep asking: how much more anti-consumer features people need, in order to switch? At this point it's hard to understand why there is so much resistance in leaving windows, I can't imagine having to deal with this kind of things on a daily-basis while trying to actually get stuff done.
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jsmith99 ◴[27 Mar 23 07:42 UTC] No.35323963[source]▶
What kind of thing? That it comes with a News app that has a pre installed widget that can be removed with a single right click?
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yourusername ◴[27 Mar 23 08:27 UTC] No.35324256[source]▶
Don't you think it is a strange default that users (even people that pay for the enterprise version) are bombarded with the worst of the worst clickbait that takes up 1/3 of your screen if you mousover a certain part of the screen?
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1. squarefoot ◴[27 Mar 23 10:18 UTC] No.35324867[source]▶
At this point, I wouldn't be that surprised if people working at Microsoft competitors would receive more distracting junk.