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Microslop is going to spend 2026 improving Windows 11. It comes after Windows update quality issues and complaints about the operating system.

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[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago
[–] ManicMambo@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

I guess I have to thank MS for pushing me into using Linux Mint. And I love it.

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

That is corporate speak for Microsoft is going to spend millions on a PR campaign.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago

By the time they fix it, it’ll be Windows 12. We see the pattern over and over again, but this time they tried strong arming people onto 11. Those people aren’t going back.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago

… but it was already too late. They alienated their users completely and Linux is soooo nice.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I prefer to use Linux. Arch Linux.

[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No one is impressed by arch users.

[–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm impressed. He uses arch

[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 1 points 6 hours ago

How often do they clean install? ;)

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

They are failing.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 hours ago

Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in their turd prison

Ooohh wow, they are? I'm so happy about that, I can't wait to get my hands on their turd and be told what to do and be limited to only their wishes and pay them through the nose!

I mean who wouldn't want to work with a vibe coded piece of shit that can only run on the most expensive hardware? Who wouldn't trust a company who left security holes open for half a year causing the US government to be hacked by China, just because they didn't wanted to look bad nad potentially lose money?

The company that constantly non stop has done everything to get themselves more money, at the cost of software quality l, consumer sanity and everything good since it's founding some 5 decades ago is now telling me they really do care about me? The company that wants to add advertising into fucking basic software like operating systems juuuuust to squeeze some more money out of decades old products, that wants to monitor your every move so they can use and sell your data, wants .... Me? They real care about me, the end user?

Go get pounded by a bag of umbrella dicks you motherfuckers

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 6 points 11 hours ago

And people in hell want ice water.

Microslop has been a rotten cesspool since it's birth. 50 years of consistently fucking over it's customers, then promising to change followed by more screwing so please forgive me when I say to this Don't... Talk ... Shit ...

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 3 points 10 hours ago
[–] oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 12 hours ago

Are Microslop going to rebuild trust by being broken up into smaller companies? Doubtful!

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 13 hours ago

good luck with that.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Hey Satya, just give us Win10 back and fuck off, you bald fraud.

[–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Nah, windows 10 was still sluggish spyware/adware.

I would only ever consider switching back to windows if they updated windows 7 with the latest kernel/security updates.

No apps, ads, ai, or shitty UI frameworks.

A functioning offline-only search, a cohesive/responsive UI, and control over if/when updates get installed.

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 7 points 14 hours ago

We have that. It's called Linux

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 7 points 14 hours ago

Hey Microslop use Cortana to replace your shit CEO and the whole C-Suite

[–] network_switch@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Same song and dance since at least Windows me. Overtime it keeps getting more bloated and focused on advertising. If you got to use Windows at work, it is what it is but at home, get over it and switch to Linux already. It’s very clear that all the complaining of the world has little chance to ever get Windows to be what people want it to be

[–] shithawk@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Good luck with that - you would need to scrap the entire operating system.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 9 hours ago

They can't scrap their whole operating system: the only thing keeping people on Windows is its backwards compatibility.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

And a lot of leadership and investors

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

There was a theory that Microsoft could just release a Linux distro with a first party windows skin on it

[–] shithawk@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

If planned obsolescence wasn't a concern this would be a decent way to improve - use the Linux kernel, ported or recreated interface and a compatibility layer for games or whatever it is that keeps people on Windows.

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

I wonder if we're past the point of no return re: the trust thermocline: https://mastodon.social/@garius/109279394369832433

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

... genuinely, how can they possibly expect to regain or have any trust after turning W11 into a constant wiretap via Copilot, that spams ads all up in your OS in every place, and then also just handing over the bitlocker master keys to the FBI?

You would have to be very uninformed or delusional at this point to think that Windows and privacy/security exist in the same universe.

The only thing they have going for them is inertia.

And they're now hitting the point where backlash against them is snowballing much faster than they could possibly reverse course on their own internal inertia and actually make any real changes.

And yes that applies to their consumer facing shit as well as B2B.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Don't forget competition, Linux has been gaining market share year over year

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Great, so windows 9 is going to come out?

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I would genuinely laugh so fucking hard

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 18 hours ago

Fire your current dipshit in chief, issue abject apologies and realise you peaked with 7.

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago

Already switched to Linux... super happy with it.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago
[–] RazTheCat@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It should not be hard to browse local files on a computer. 

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why are you using local files when you have a cloud???!

-Microsoft

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[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Too late for me. But thanks for telling me my computer wasn't good enough for Win 11 and forcing me to install Linux. It was a breeze, and computing is fun again.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

and computing is fun again.

I agree 100%. I've been trying to put my finger on why.

Maybe it's because using Linux doesn't feel adversarial?

Maybe it's because Tux Racer comes pre-installed with some distros and brings a whole vibe?

Maybe it's the software center that prominently displays a warning for anything that isn't completely free in either price or freedom?

The Linux Software Center feels like my happy memories of getting to spend $5.00 in a 10 cent candy shop.

Maybe it's because it is where many librarians, educators and free thinker gather, and their fingerprints are on everything?

Sorry for the random walk comment. I just keep thinking I should figure out the elevator pitch for why Linux feels more fun.

[–] meathorse@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Too little, too fucking late!

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago

Are they though?

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