Dave & I don’t always agree, but this was a good video. Admitting Windows coddles it’s users too much, showing why Windows lost it’s hardcore audience, and what it would take to win any of us back. (Not that that’s likely, but what it would take)

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    20 hours ago

    I take it as them saying: give those interested the tools and ability to mess with deeper systems and customisation and ability to break things. That doesnt have to change the experience for everyone else.

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      1 hour ago

      that’s what i mean, i don’t get that criticism. what can’t you do with windows? what specifically are they asking to do?

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        45 minutes ago
        • Use it without OneDrive being bundled
        • Use it without a Microsoft account
        • Use it without ads
        • Use it without Copilot

        Yes, I know there are ways around each of these but the settings are all in different places, Microsoft keeps changing where the settings are, resetting to defaults on OS updates, and at least for trying to use it without a Microsoft account, actively closing loopholes for doing so.

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      7 hours ago

      Honestly what Microsoft should have done was sorta what Apple did with BSD but with Linux, write a killer front end but leave the Unix bits underneath. There’s your workshop to make a mess.