This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.

    • cholesterol@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      but the OS remains hostile against user choice.

      That’s just it. Most of us probably work on our computers – imagine if you were a carpenter and your tools actively fought you. It’s about literal quality of life for me at this point.

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      11 months ago

      Why use Windows at that point?

      My machine still has Windows 10, and ir can’t upgrade to Windows 11. The day they stop supporting Windows 10 is the day I’ll stop using Windows for good.

      Kinda sad. I used to like to hate Windows, but I always knew that I could personally use it if needed. But ads? Telemetry? Non-uninstallable software again? They crossed a line.

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        11 months ago

        In the same boat. I love seeing the message that my computer can’t upgrade to 11. “Oh no, what ever will I do?”

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      Personally I hate these tools with a passion as every single one I’ve seen goes overboard and disables potentially wanted features or straight up breaks stuff in its default configuration. It’s always fun to figure out what’s wrong with a machine only to eventually figure out that the owner used one of those tools a few months ago.

      IMO people should either do these changes themselves or use another OS, though ultimately there needs to be legislation against this to help the non-technical people.

    • endhits@lemmy.world
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      If you have to do stuff like that, it’s time the cut your losses and stop using windows.