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Microsoft Ruined Windows (www.youtube.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Microsoft is ruining Windows. It just keeps getting worse. Whether it be their insistence on AI and cloud garbage, or just a general sense of incompetence, I can’t help but feel like the operating system has seen better days.

Normally I wouldn’t care too much, big tech ruins another thing, whatever.

But the problem is Microsoft has such a dominant market share that you can’t really escape them.

I guess unless you use a Mac or something I don’t know.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s almost easier to install than Windows at this point

Give an average user a PC with no OS. Ask them to install Windows. They can Google/use a pendrive on a secondary PC. I'd like to see how easy Windows 11 is to install.

[–] IAmNotACat 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And that raises a good point, since average users get their tech friends to do the installing anyway. I’ve switched many over to Linux because of this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

since average users get their tech friends to do the installing anyway

Close but no cigar.

While some people do take their tech-friend's help, majority of people just buy PCs/laptops with Windows preinstalled. THAT is the reason people are just used to Windows.

[–] IAmNotACat 3 points 4 months ago

That doesn’t preclude what I said, though. When there is installing to be done, it’s usually the tech friend that’s called in to do it. I know this by virtue of being that person and having been called on to do it several times.

[–] kuneho 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

PCs/laptops with Windows preinstalled

or even pay extra to install it, if the machine would have FreeDOS by default.