Windows problem has long been forcing bloatware, going way back to at least Windows 95 and the forcing of Internet Explorer stuff everywhere. Then they started with telemetry. My favorite Windows, Windows 2000. It's XP without all the shit.
I did have to roll my laptop back to Windows. I'd put Linux on it, but I forgot a large use case of that machine is OBD interfaces for car work, and I'm not taking the time to make those already janky programs work in Linux/Wine.
Still, I went back to 10 instead of 11, and it's really better. I hate the push for all these big giant icons in the middle of the screen, no labels on the taskbar, etc. It's why I hate Gnome in Linux too. If I wanted a Mac, I'd take out a second mortgage and buy one. If I decide to mess with the SSD and dual-boot my gaming machine, I'll probably put it on 10 again too. I'm on the fence as to whether or not I care. It might as well be a console, I only game on it.
I was really annoyed with how Microsoft is EOLing Windows 10, although I relented and upgraded to 11. 11 isn’t that bad.
I had been on 7 for a long time, even past the end of its supported period but I was forced to upgrade when my rig finally died and it didn’t make sense to fix it as opposed to getting a more modern system.
Windows problem has long been forcing bloatware, going way back to at least Windows 95 and the forcing of Internet Explorer stuff everywhere. Then they started with telemetry. My favorite Windows, Windows 2000. It's XP without all the shit.
I did have to roll my laptop back to Windows. I'd put Linux on it, but I forgot a large use case of that machine is OBD interfaces for car work, and I'm not taking the time to make those already janky programs work in Linux/Wine.
Still, I went back to 10 instead of 11, and it's really better. I hate the push for all these big giant icons in the middle of the screen, no labels on the taskbar, etc. It's why I hate Gnome in Linux too. If I wanted a Mac, I'd take out a second mortgage and buy one. If I decide to mess with the SSD and dual-boot my gaming machine, I'll probably put it on 10 again too. I'm on the fence as to whether or not I care. It might as well be a console, I only game on it.
I was really annoyed with how Microsoft is EOLing Windows 10, although I relented and upgraded to 11. 11 isn’t that bad.
I had been on 7 for a long time, even past the end of its supported period but I was forced to upgrade when my rig finally died and it didn’t make sense to fix it as opposed to getting a more modern system.