Lmao is that a Lemmy watermark? π
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Stamp, not a watermark, but yes. There was a post a while back, asking Lemmy OC to have that or something similar. I figured, why not.
Actually its theirπΊπΈ. Not your, not our. Its their own and you arr kinda like renting it
Microsoft: advertises to increase profits like a good capitalist
People: "Is this communism?"
Install Linux, problem resolved.
Linux Mint is massively less frustrating to use than Windows 10 or 11
I've been on Linux for a while but this shit is starting to make my wife ask about switching over. Which is something I never thought I'd see.
I never thought good could come out of Microsoft's messed up ways, but here we are! Haha
The first thing you would do after browsing lemmy would be installing linux because there are many foss enthusiasist and linux users playing around here in lemmy making you switch to linux
If there's one thing communists love it's advertising. In fact Don Draper is a socialist icon alongside Stalin and Coco Chanel.
They also love big corporations, like Microsoft
Itβs been downhill since Windows 7. I think this will be my last Windows PC.
I just donβt feel safe with Windows that next time I boot up there wonβt be some fresh horror I didnβt ask for and have to go research how to put back in the bottle.
Itβs like having your computer pre-rooted with malware.
Jumping between Mac and Windows I keep accidentally awakening Cortana when I try to copy and paste. Now that god awful, universally reviled feature if finally getting deprecated but it still brings up the damn window/modal/pice-of-shit just to tell me that itβs gone. If you want to be gone, then go! Donβt make a fuss telling me about it. Just go. No one wanted you in the 1st place. Fuck.
That's exactly what it is. Defender is removing PUPs (potentially unwanted programs), but only those unwanted by Microsoft, while Windows is installing unwanted programs left and right. Windows is legitimately acting like malware. Not even a joke.
Oppression breeds rebellion, why relying on a software you have zero control over, that the company that owns it respects you so litle that they pre install adware and spyware, learn to use Linux or BSD, you don't have to use it all the time, but learn the basics, understand how this machine you use so much works, seize that litle piece of freedom back, and even if you choose to use windows again, after knowing more of how things work, you will be more able to force it in working your way.
For sure, and Linux/BSD isn't that scary. For anyone here who doesn't think they are smart enough, I'll give you a hint; even the Linux guru's 'Google' everything. They're looking up very different things but they're still searching like the rest of us. If you stick with popular distros there's always a guide, or a forum post, or a YouTube video that'll show you how to do almost anything. You don't even need to install it, you can run most distros, and all the popular ones, off a USB stick. You don't even need to change anything on your computer to try it. I personally still use Windows for almost everything, but calzone_gigante is right,
even if you choose to use windows again, after knowing more of how things work, you will be more able to force it in working your way.
Sorry to say it, but Windows never was your operating system. It was always Microsoft's. You're just allowed to use it. You just bought a permit.
Yes, being comoditized by a corporation. True socialism comrade. Truly we've seized the means of production.
The means of production have seized us!
What ads? That's just a friendly and helpful product reminder
I've got a worse one. I was using Windows in a VM the other day and got an ad for Xbox controllers. Basically "check out our new controller colors, click on this notification to go buy one."
My absolute most hated one is when signing in and using a two factor Authenticator. If you donβt use the Microsoft one. Every time you log in it βrecommendsβ you to use their own. Fuck off.
Before anyone says go Linux. This is a work comp. I use Linux and Mac at home.
Yes! I hate that!!
I won't tell you to use Linux. I feel that it should be your choice. Like Mac, Linux isn't for everyone. And if you use Microsoft's email service on Linux, you'll have the same anyway. It's not windows that's the problem at its core, it's Microsoft.
When you install windows ypu can set timezone to "world" and it will not be there...
You can also avoid making a microsoft account (or logging in) if you log innusing a@a.com and any password.
Then it will say something went wrong but you can continue, by making an offline account
I thought you were kidding, but then I looked it up on the net and it seems this is really a thing. WTF Microsoft!?
Isn't it suspicious how hard they've been pushing "clipchamp"? Like it's probably full of telemetry or something.
Like everything windows. Or Microsoft in general.
Yeah, being forced to sit through unskippable ads in order to even just play solitaire is real special. And even if you close the program and restart your PC, the ads are still right there waiting for you to watch before you can continue with your game. This is probably going to be my last Windows machine.
I swear to god if I have to remove Bing search bar from my desktop one more time...
The notification center is useless, if I have an app-specific notification then it's highlighted in my taskbar anyway. All of the inline ads are delivered through notifications, so just turn off notification center in registry and the problem is solved. Same for removing edit with clipchamp from context menus. Tbh I'm not super against them bringing attention to their 1st party apps because things like the Photos app happen occasionally and that was an objective improvement for OS-bundled photo software. The problem is that Clipchamp sucks ass
My problem is two-fold. (1) if I wanted a video editing app, I'd search for one, I don't need my OS to randomly "recommend" one, and (2) I don't want any such suggestions on my work computer, ever. Maybe three-fold, (3) clipchamp, I heard, sucks ass ;p