My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

As much as I disliked Steve Jobs, the man was 100% correct when he talked about companies rotting from the inside. They get taken over by sales & marketing types and the product designers and user experience experts get kicked to the curb.

Tux awaits your arrival friends. Join us.

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This dude is begging for an ad free windows at the end. Why? They're too far gone. Go make a new home in another OS. It will be okay.

That's a perfect way to put it. I remember starting college and being really excited about the cloud, having my stuff accessible anywhere, changes automatically saved, etc etc. but now I don't want any of my shit anywhere near their servers, it's mine and mine alone and I'll manage it myself and buffer against losses the best I can. I'd rather have myself fuck up and break a hard drive rather than let microsoft or apple wipe my stuff over a bug or because I didn't pay them enough. Horrible, misleading bullshit.

I can't even remove the "Recommended" section from the Start menu

I helped my parents migrate to linux mint and they are very happy with the transition. No more ads, dumb bing search suggestions, or MS edge.

The irony

My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore.

Aww.

If you love it, set it free!

There's a reason I run Linux, and root my Android

Because it actually feels like my device now

(And fixing issues is significantly easier, if you know where to look)

Buying windows is like self flagellation. You have to be a masochist to enjoy it,especially the apologetic users.

You pay how much to be told no?

it never been

#RUNBSD

The thing that makes me laugh/cry/be happy I switched to Linux, is that it's in that state, but it's a paid product.

If the license was free it was somewhat okay, but it's not. People are still paying.

It's the year of the Linux desktop.

Are there different versions of Windows 11? Mine doesn't show ads at all.

Only now?
My Windows computer stopped felling mine when 10 came around

Always has(n’t) been.

Seeing the windows 3.1 interface took me back to a much happier time.

Is BeOS still floating around?

Never has been with windows on it.

M$ is terminal and most of the world is hooked up to a terminal entity; Most of the world is terminal.

Indeed, Linux and FLOSS more broadly was never about technology itself, it's about empowering. It "just" happens to be where software change could lead to a pragmatic difference for so many lives.

Own your computer, own your devices, value your life and don't interact with the numerical world through manipulative blinders.

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Sounds like a personal problem. Windows works great for me.