Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoWindows 11’s push for mandatory Microsoft accounts is hitting a nerve with users who say the change complicates setup, privacy, and basic PC ownershipwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down14
arrow-up1474arrow-down1external-linkWindows 11’s push for mandatory Microsoft accounts is hitting a nerve with users who say the change complicates setup, privacy, and basic PC ownershipwww.windowscentral.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareIratePirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·edit-27 hours 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 keylogger built-in advertising aggressive nag screens containing dark patterns trying to trick users into “upgrading”
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoReminder that they backported the Windows 10 telemetry to Windows 7 as well.
minus-squareIratePirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoYup. That’s what made me ditch Win 7 long before EOL and switch to Linux. Been here for ten years now. Life’s good. 🌱
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThe last good Windows was Windows 98
Please stop romanticising Win 10 just because it’s less shitty than 11. There is no decent Windows.
Reminder: Win 10 introduced
Reminder that they backported the Windows 10 telemetry to Windows 7 as well.
Yup. That’s what made me ditch Win 7 long before EOL and switch to Linux. Been here for ten years now. Life’s good. 🌱
The last good Windows was Windows 98