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[–] Bristingr@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And 25% of users in Asia still use Windows 7. People are going to stay on the OS for as long as possible.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If only we had a reason to upgrade.
Instead, we have many reasons not to.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yea just set up a windows 11 pc for the first time and the experience was basically:

It forces you into making a Microsoft account or log in with one, then it told me mine was locked even though I was able to log in fine elsewhere. I had to use the alternate log in method to get in (I know you can make a local account but I already had one set up for this).

Then it tries to force you to "back up from your old pc" which this was an entirely different system so I'm not even sure why I would want that.

Then it tries to convince you to send them a bunch of telemetry while reminding you that you'll still get ads if you don't, they just won't be targeted towards you.

Then it tries to push microsoft office on you.

Then it needs to do updates which took like 45 minutes.

Then you're finally at the desktop where you get probably half a dozen othe pop ups between windows and the vendor.

Then it's "usable"

By comparison Bazzite took like 20 minutes to get to a usable desktop and isn't nagging me about ads at all. I have a laundry list of things still to figure out but so far way less annoying.

[–] techognito@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  1. There is a workaround for installing win 11 with local account, it's still horseshit
  2. the fact that they think that just because they still show ads it's ok in any way shape or form to collect any personal information is insane
  3. don't forget they are also trying to screen record 24/7 and then store it in the cloud (yes they store it "locally" in you appdata, that they then decided to sync with OneDrive)
[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago
  1. Yea, I had a throwaway account already to use for the login so I didn't bother trying it. They still managed to make it annoying even when I did it their way and agreed it is horseshit.

  2. Agreed.

  3. I DID forget about that. Thanks for reminding me I need to figure out how to opt out (assuming it's even possible).