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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 266 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I mean, they could solve it by not making the mandatory successor an ad-laden, AI-infested, personal data harvesting, privacy-nightmare shit show. That would be a start. And also relax whatever the artificial requirement is that makes a lot of Win10 machines incompatible with 11.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Windows 10 is already an ad-laden, AI-infested, personal data harvesting, privacy-nightmare shit show. The problem with 11 is the ridiculous hardware requirements.

Windows 10 is trash and has always been. Windows 7 was the last good Windows, and I would still use it if it had security updates and DX12 support (I obviously mainly use Linux, but my gaming PC is on Windows, and no, some games I play and software I use 100% do not work on Linux).

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 11 points 1 month ago

Probably is. I use Linux for everything and only use Win10 at work on a VM with enterprise/LTSB version, so I've been shielded from most of its enshittification.

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Having used both, doesn't 11 have the same level of ads as 10 did? It seems like it's really only OneDrive ads if you don't use it if anything?

[–] ptz@dubvee.org -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe? I just said in another comment that I am pretty much exclusively Linux. I only occasionally use a W10 VM at work, and it's enterprise/LTSB so I don't get a lot of that junk.

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

100 point top thread based on the second and third hand opinions of a Windows non-user really sums up the quality of this discussion lol

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most Windows-hating threads on Lemmy in a nutshell tbh.

[–] krippix 6 points 1 month ago

Every thread on lemmy is a windows hating thread by default :D

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

I've lost count of the amount of posts and comment threads on here about "all the horrible ads and spyware" where the solution was to flip literally a single switch in Settings, Personalization.

[–] trespasser69@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope, they wont. Micro$oft only cares money rather than basic OS for everyday and professional tasks

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They've been adding spyware and ads into W10 so it's not the money. They could easily add all W11 ads/spyware into 10 with an update. Older CPUs have several hardware vulnerabilities unrelated to the TPU required by W11.

IMO, they should add a startup message listing the hardware vulnerabilities of the installed CPU and leave it up to the customer.

[–] trespasser69@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Windows 11 has more spyware and its more ens***tificated

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yes but that could be added in a W10 update just like they've already done with previous W10 updates.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 month ago

Windows 11 = O.S. Ima Ad-Laden. Coincidence? I think not..