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Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts
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this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024
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I see they're getting desperate. One year and half to eol, and still, according to statcounter, 69% of the world uses windows 10.
I would have upgraded if they didn't include the UI changes. I don't know why Microsoft keeps trying to make these big UI changes given that they have a built-in audience of power users that have optimized since XP.
I think it's a way to justify the update. It's probably really about telemetry and hardware control, but normies see the centered taskbar and subconciously go "this must be new technology"
...nice