Man, this is genuinely painful to watch unfold… Yeah, yeah, Linux, I know, already started migrating, but let your feelings speak for a second, sib!
Think back to how much joy and sheer functionality Windows used to encompass. Even Vista, I swear! It was a poorly optimised mess bloated to hell and back with overlapping features, but it was bursting with a genuine desire to innovate. I honestly don’t remember ever having as bad a time with Vista as I do with 10, even when I used to run it on an overheating MSI.
Not to mention XP and 7, which were, I dare say, the best operating systems I’ve ever used, almost interchangeably if we go for XP SP3 witn more unofficial tweaks. I’m not trying to diminish the improvements brought on by 8 and 10, they did have some much needed upgrades for vital features and functionalities, that’s undeniable. But everything good came wrapped up (or, rather, jumbled up like 10 sets of wired earbuds you just found in a pocket of the coat you just pulled out of the washing machine) with sooo much intrusive crap, that it defeats the purpose…
Gotta grieve that shit…
audaxdreik@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
It’s not entirely clear from the post, but allow me to provide some further context as I received this same pop-up myself.
I had purchased a legit Windows 10 Pro license with my own money for a custom built PC. Was always a trim installation because that’s how I roll. Still got this out of nowhere when I booted back into my Windows partition the other day, was unclear what app or process pushed it. Some update either added a new app responsible for pushing these desktop level ads or enabled a pre-existing notification feature I had previously disabled. Just a typical Win10 toast notification a few moments after logging in. Dismissed it quickly and did not care to investigate, but that’s about as bad as you can really get, IMHO. They’ve slowly been pushing the bounds, but here we are: ads straight to the desktop.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Multiple full screen intrusive ads for win 11, one during a fucking interview, pushed me to finally install Linux last weekend. No regrets, I’m loving it
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Windows is only getting harder to control and Linux is easier than ever to get on board and learn. Are we at a tipping poing? Maybe. With what Valve is doing for PC gaming, Microsoft’s introduction of Recall for Windows 11 and killing off (for home users at least) Windows 10 in October, who knows, maybe we’ll look back and see 2025 was the year of the Linux desktop.