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Windows 11’s push for mandatory Microsoft accounts is hitting a nerve with users who say the change complicates setup, privacy, and basic PC ownership (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

And what does that accomplish? Delaying the actual problem to 2032?

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

It delays the problem for six more years, and it also gives me the satisfaction of ~~pirating~~ testing the only decent version of Windows free of Microslop bloat and vibe coded react.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 8 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

the only decent version of Windows

Please stop romanticising Win 10 just because it's less shitty than 11. There is no decent Windows.

Reminder: Win 10 introduced

  • mandatory telemetry (you can only choose between some telemetry and firehose telemetry)
  • a built-in keylooger
  • built-in advertising
  • agressive nag screens containing dark patterns trying to trick users into "upgrading"
[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Exactly. It just delays the inevitable (maybe even sooner if something denies to run on "this old unsupported version"). As an old win-lover I never thought I'd say this:

Better switch to Linux, most of everything windows still works, everything else is just better and faster.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It gives you 6 years to transition to a better OS. Or to become CEO of Microslop and improve things.

It's honestly great, even for me who only boot into windows once every few months.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say "great". But great in comparison to 11 😁 But who needs 6 years of transition? The run-of-the-mill-user with office and Firefox could just switch and not even notice it. Despite libreoffice loading much quicker.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Great in the sense I don't have to bother for 6 years for a partition I will use less than 24 hours over that period of time haha.

So far I've used it to scan once (for some reason that day skan decided to not work) and to make a windows install USB for my SO.

I tried Expedition 33 thinking performance issues were a Linux thing by no, it's just like that.

So it's a long term unlikely to be used OS, and for that long support is great.