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Microsoft Needs Windows Lite, No telemetry, no spying, no ads, no AI, no .NET, to retain gamers and developers (philipbohun.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft is losing Builders fast. They're switching to MacOS and Linux. The biggest pull keeping people on Windows, outside of shear inertia, is content creation and gaming. However, even these are falling to Linux.

Without Builders, you don't have software, and without software, you don't have users. This is why Microsoft needs Windows Lite.

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[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.world 124 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

.NET is just a runtime, not problematic at all, and definitely doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with ads, spyware, and AI.

[–] Reality@feddit.org 50 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's probably Microsofts best product

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Probably Microsoft's best stupidest name too, except maybe renaming the remote desktop app to "Windows App".

[–] Pyro@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago

I hate that rename so much, it makes it impossible to search anything about it. Another fun fact is the process name for "Windows App" is Windows365.exe 🤦

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Yep. Plenty of games depends on it too.

[–] ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We should also get rid of the Windows C++ Redistributable packages as well!

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago

Might as well get rid of Windows after that