The official support for Windows 10 ends on Oct 14, 2025. Give new life to your old computer. Save money and install Linux: https://endof10.org/
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Have they tried not being spyware?
Imo, even taking away the spying thing, windows design is just awful and they somehow manage to pile up fuckups and poor choices as they release new OSs.
It pretty much comes down to wanting to monetize the user experience instead of simply wanting to charge for the OS in the traditional way. The user becomes the commodity instead of the software.
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they will try to force it for people that isnt saavy enough to use another OS,.
Stop forcing shit no one wants on your users then!
Every fucking update... Hey let's backup your stuff. Hey wanna backup your stuff? Let's backup your stuff! We totally won't hold it hostage if you stop paying us lol!
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They allow you to enroll in extended updates so you can get more time to upgrade 🤣
The risk for both general and corporate business users far outweighs any minor inconveniences of moving to a new OS version.
Minor inconveniences like HAVING TO BUY A WHOLE NEW FUCKING COMPUTER.
These people live in a fantasy world.
Other minor inconveniences may include:
- AI spyware on systems (a very real issue with corporate and government machines)
- Legacy software not working in the new OS
- A drastic decrease in OS productivity
- Damage to hardware (potential as reported)
Left out being nagged to death about other products and services microsoft thinks you should buy.
Oh but that is a feature!
What? Don't you guys have money?
Just stop being poor, duh!
I successfully upgraded from Windows 10 to Linux Mint.
Microsoft was successful in convincing me to upgrade to Mint however.
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I upgraded from Windows 11 to EndeavourOS. No regrets, it’s a huge improvement.
Replace that with "will never"....except at work because most* CEOs are stupid.
My work upgraded to Windows 11, now I have lag for a right click menu to appear, and once it does individual items (like Open with Notepad++) just show up as "Loading..." for several more seconds.
Yeah, that whole thing is just such a waste of time. Microsoft is trying to trap as many companies as possible like Google did for individual people in gmail.
I think its
I’m glad I’ve done away with Windows and Word/ office products for a very long time. Good riddance
I mean... they force to upgrade people to OS with critical SSD issues.
I'm upgrading to Debian 13 instead, since 13 is bigger number than 11 so obviously it's better
Jokin' aside, I am thinking to upgrading to forky (14), if it gets newer Nvidia drivers, because of a single issue I have with Wayland on Plasma (that is X applications flickering like crazy). Alternatively upgrading just kernel and nvidia drivers (to testing or sid) if it is possible without breaking whole system.
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I sidestepped to Mint. Sorry, Microsoft, your shit’s untenable and disappointing.
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Had to use Rufus to even install it on a ThinkPad which works perfectly. Drivers and all.
Maybe they should stop trying to be like Apple. You can’t limit upgrades then complain about no one upgrading.
They're not limiting it because they're worried about performance or drivers.
They're limiting it because they want to force people into SecureBoot, TPM, and CPUs with several remote control management firmware, because this way they're one stop closer to a fully closed down chain from boot to OS which allows for aggressive DRM and no escape from their ecosystem. Just like at how iOS works and the path Android has been going for the last five years.
The fact the PC ecosystem is open is a left over from the origins in the era before capitalism realized that trapping people into their digital landscapes was profitable, and they have been trying everything to make this go away. Microsoft's wet dream is your PC becoming the same as your smart TV: a data harvesting, ad filled generic piece of hardware that can only display what they want you to see.
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They're not trying to get me to upgrade my OS, they're trying to get me to buy a whole new fucking system for no good reason. Every last one of them can die in a fire.
And that's before we consider that Windows 11 is actually a downgrade.
My elderly parents got the "your computer cannot be upgraded" and my somewhat tech-litterate mom asked me to move them to Linux.
Microsoft should've realised at some point that the only thing most people need today is a computer that can run a web browser and connect to a printer.
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The virtual machine I installed windows on to play games with kernel-level anticheat and other such spyware apparently isn't compatible with windows 11. That's a positive for 2 reasons, which are:
- It can't run Windows 11, so no risk of a forced upgrade
- Windows won't constantly harass me to upgrade.
10/10 experience, would not give give Windows access to bare metal again.
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Looking at it from a perspective other than "Windows shit, use Linux", MS' biggest issue here is that the vast majority have no compelling reason to upgrade. Currently.
To the average punter, W11 offers nothing that W10 doesn't already have. There's no new technologies that they care about, no new tentpole software that they're dying to try. Nothing. It has copilot running rampant through it, but most people don't know what that is or don't give a shit.
Give Apple their due, when they announce an OS update, they focus hard on the ways it improves over the current offering. Ways it can interact with your other devices, for example. Or even just a whole new design.
But MS advertise nothing beyond "This is new, come get it!", then wonder why no one cares.
And also, please correct me if I'm wrong, but whenever Apple releases a new MacOS version they don't put fullscreen nag messages on your machine...
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Help! Our unsustainable behavior of screwing over customers in the name of quarterly profits has finally caught up to us! Turns out there are long term consequences of our behavior, and now Linux can truly go toe-to-toe with Windows on a home desktop!
beatings will continue until morale improves