SkullHex2 to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWindows 10 keeps bugging me to use a Microsoft accountimagemessage-square230fedilinkarrow-up1628arrow-down126
arrow-up1602arrow-down1imageWindows 10 keeps bugging me to use a Microsoft accountSkullHex2 to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square230fedilink
minus-squareasexualchangelinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up90·11 months agoYeah slowly, it started years ago but it’s been getting worse every version, slowly Fast would be if windows 8 had ads and non uninstallable internet exploder etc
minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·11 months ago Fast would be if windows 8 had ads and non uninstallable internet exploder etc Sounds like someone who doesn’t remember windows 8! Ads: https://hothardware.com/news/microsofts-big-hidden-windows-8-feature-builtin-advertising They were working on it… and had it working in several places. Uninstallable IE: https://www.technorms.com/34477/uninstall-internet-explorer-11 While not literally uninstallable… they definitely made it a lot harder. Windows 7 was the last good version of windows.
minus-squareasexualchangelinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months ago Windows 7 was the last good version of windows. Disagree, 7 wasn’t the worst but the last actually good version of windows was XP service pack 2
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoThat goes for almost any software.
minus-squareasexualchangelinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoBecouse SP3 was the first time Microsoft really let loose with the telemetry iirc
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoInteresting - I didn’t know that. Thanks!
minus-square0xC4aE1e5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoFunny thing is that 8 had 2 LTSC-like versions: Embedded Industry and the EEAP builds. EEAP builds were released to partners (e.g. Nvidia and Intel) only. Industry Pro is like a precursor to modern day IoT LTSC.
minus-squarefrippalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoWindows 8(.1) was still utter trash, I actually "down"graded to windows 7 at the time and it was a bliss. (it wasn’t the non-stop-ads kind of trash, but the UI suited a tablet more than a desk/laptop)
minus-squareasexualchangelinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYeaaaaaah, I don’t know what Microsoft were thinking trying to force a unified UI on everyone… It didn’t work
minus-squaretofubl@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoIf only every Windows install came with an internet exploder! We wouldn’t have to read Elon Musk X fluff pieces on the news ever single day. And privacy concerns… What privacy concerns?
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago Yeah slowly, it started years ago but it’s been getting worse every version, slowly The freemium model was launched and completed with Win10.
Yeah slowly, it started years ago but it’s been getting worse every version, slowly
Fast would be if windows 8 had ads and non uninstallable internet exploder etc
Sounds like someone who doesn’t remember windows 8!
Ads: https://hothardware.com/news/microsofts-big-hidden-windows-8-feature-builtin-advertising
They were working on it… and had it working in several places.
Uninstallable IE: https://www.technorms.com/34477/uninstall-internet-explorer-11
While not literally uninstallable… they definitely made it a lot harder.
Windows 7 was the last good version of windows.
Disagree, 7 wasn’t the worst but the last actually good version of windows was XP service pack 2
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it is
That goes for almost any software.
Why not XP SP3?
Becouse SP3 was the first time Microsoft really let loose with the telemetry iirc
Interesting - I didn’t know that. Thanks!
Funny thing is that 8 had 2 LTSC-like versions:
Embedded Industry and the EEAP builds.
EEAP builds were released to partners (e.g. Nvidia and Intel) only.
Industry Pro is like a precursor to modern day IoT LTSC.
Windows 8(.1) was still utter trash, I actually "down"graded to windows 7 at the time and it was a bliss.
(it wasn’t the non-stop-ads kind of trash, but the UI suited a tablet more than a desk/laptop)
Yeaaaaaah, I don’t know what Microsoft were thinking trying to force a unified UI on everyone… It didn’t work
If only every Windows install came with an internet exploder! We wouldn’t have to read Elon Musk X fluff pieces on the news ever single day. And privacy concerns… What privacy concerns?
The freemium model was launched and completed with Win10.