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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 36 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Yeah well Windows 11 fucking sucks. What do they expect? Maybe if you have to do all kinds of shady shit to get people to accept the newest version of your shitty product you should take a good look at yourself and evaluate why that is.

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[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 24 points 6 days ago

Every single edition of Windows introduces new forms of bloat and new ways for MS to overreach and attempt to play corporate nanny over a user's system; why the fuck would anyone willingly upgrade Windows when they have the chance not to?

[–] Loce@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Win 11 is downgrade to Win 10, and I expect Win 12 to be a downgrade to Win 11. I still didnt decide whether Mint or Kubuntu will be the next OS on my pc. I'm pretty sure Windows 12 has no chance.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 days ago

"Windows 10 will be the last Windows OS released!" - Microshaft

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

I like the UI of 11 but not the extra spyware

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I stayed with XP until 7. I stayed with 7 until 10. I'll probably stay with 10 until the next Windows. Assuming it actually is decent again, and not just even shittier than 11.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I only went to 11 for better HDR support. I'd definitely still be on 10.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I wonder how I’d be considered. I use Steam on Linux on one computer, Windows 10 on another, and Mac on another. Maybe I get counted thrice.

[–] spiffpitt@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

pretty sure it's based off of which clients of yours got prompted to do the hardware survey

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 2 points 6 days ago

Both my windows and Linux client got prompted, but I declined the windows one. Most of my gaming happens on Linux nowadays

[–] stopforgettingit@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

I had to install Win 11 on my work computer and it is still total dogshit. One example - The search from the Start menu never works so you have to pin every app to start or go through the whole app list to find the one you want. Its been like this for a year at least. Things, like my speakers, just randomly stop working and I have to restart to get them to work again.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago (4 children)

The context menu! The fucking context menu!

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[–] Kalkarino@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I’m one of the many. Hate where tech is headed, I remember hearing about Microsoft wanting to turn windows cloud based with a subscription. Hell no

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

The other half is running linux, right?

Right?

[–] TheGoddessAnoia@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Or, like me, still on Windows 7, they could just no longer use Steam. Lots of games I can still play on this OS or in my browser. Maybe someday I'll go back to Linux, or maybe even React, just for the hell of it.

[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I just use Windows 10 v1809 ltsc, I'm good for a few more years.

[–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I won't upgrade til they let me use throttlestop with virtualization enabled.

[–] One_Blue_Shoe@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just get Linux and run a Virtual machine if you want to Game on PC

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I use Linux for everything, including gaming, but I have a VM with win11 for when I need ads in my os.

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