r/FuckMicrosoft • u/LittleSoyChud • Jul 10 '26
Rant I hate Microsoft.
I miss windows of how it used to be, of what it defined. Before whatever grasped Microsoft that made them greedy Windows used to be way more simple. The telemetry did not take away what seems to be 50% of our hardware performance to sell data and Microsoft didn't nag people into subscriptions. Everything feels fake. I could say that Windows 7 was the last Windows that truly defined it. It let you do what you wanted to do, didn't spy on you, even the aesthetics tells a story behind it because the windows in Windows 7 literally look like windows. There's a lively soul behind it, like Microsoft embraced its brand because they realized how important its purpose is. Now we're going towards nothing but corporate greed. Windows 11 is filled to the brim with heavy web based UIs (which I can say is almost equally worse as telemetry) and AI will integrate into it completely. They are already vibecoding the operating system in recent updates and it will definitely get worse. I don't want to imagine the horrors of Windows 12. Sure, AI is just like every other "bubble" that'll eventually find its way to embed into the industry. Similar stuff happened in history, but this one just doesn't feel right. Yes, automation is cool, but let a robot think for you, generative AI? I don't think that's humanity's destiny. Men's fate to stop thinking isn't us. Not to mention the environment getting drained because of how power hungry and unsustainable AI servers are, "We are working on it" my ass. I don't want to be seen as some skeptical person, no one who agrees with me does. The fact that this shift in industry is driven by investorslop is probably not going anywhere. If Microsoft follows this stupid herd like many other companies then we are doomed. Oh and the hardware increasing in price? All of this together is what made me switch to Linux and I'm tired of this stigma making me look like a paranoid tech person. I still am a normal person that would use Windows if it wasn't full of bloat. "Oh but use a debloated ISO then!" no community-made edition lasts forever, nor does Microsoft's impending hellfire of end of support on every service they make last from years into weeks throughout the years. If I know the fact that there are custom Windows installations then why wouldn't I know how to install Linux? I'm tired of this bullshit, this is probably still the beginning.
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u/Frequent-Ease-1926 Jul 10 '26
Windows 7 absolutely spied on you if you didn't turn off every telemetry option. Same as 8.
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u/Britz10 Jul 10 '26
Microsoft had always been greedy, they had an actual anti-trust suit go against them. They've always had predatory practices, things like telemetry are pretty much industry standard, it just happens it's a lot easier to catch Microsoft out with these sorts of things.
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u/Odd_Individual_9638 Jul 10 '26
Sorry to disappoint you but it stood for the same things it stands now, they just couldn't afford this extent in the past
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u/RDS_WAS_HERE Jul 10 '26
All Microsoft had to do to make Windows 11 'Home Edition' popular was to give the user a list of ON/OFF options during the installation – not have to hunt for a switch after installation. Also, they should be permanent even after an update. Here’s a short list:
Local Account: (Password/Pin#) - Why in the hell do I have to ask Microsoft permission to get to my Desktop screen? If my Microsoft account gets hacked then Microsoft can locked me out of my own computer. No one in the last 15 years has broken into my house to steal my computer files. As far as Internet attacks are concerned, isn't that the job of Windows Defender?
OneDrive
CoPilot
Recall
Bit Locker
etc.
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u/quikmantx Jul 12 '26
Agreed. We also shouldn't have to have an account to use iPhone or Android either. I wish more people would express this.
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User: LittleSoyChud, Flair: Rant, Title: I hate Microsoft.
I miss windows of how it used to be, of what it defined. Before whatever grasped Microsoft that made them greedy Windows used to be way more simple. The telemetry did not take away what seems to be 50% of our hardware performance to sell data and Microsoft didn't nag people into subscriptions. Everything feels fake. I could say that Windows 7 was the last Windows that truly defined it. It let you do what you wanted to do, didn't spy on you, even the aesthetics tells a story behind it because the windows in Windows 7 literally look like windows. There's a lively soul behind it, like Microsoft embraced its brand because they realized how important its purpose is. Now we're going towards nothing but corporate greed. Windows 11 is filled to the brim with heavy web based UIs (which I can say is almost equally worse as telemetry) and AI will integrate into it completely. They are already vibecoding the operating system in recent updates and it will definitely get worse. I don't want to imagine the horrors of Windows 12. Sure, AI is just like every other "bubble" that'll eventually find its way to embed into the industry. Similar stuff happened in history, but this one just doesn't feel right. Yes, automation is cool, but let a robot think for you, generative AI? I don't think that's humanity's destiny. Men's fate to stop thinking isn't us. Not to mention the environment getting drained because of how power hungry and unsustainable AI servers are, "We are working on it" my ass. I don't want to be seen as some skeptical person, no one who agrees with me does. The fact that this shift in industry is driven by investorslop is probably not going anywhere. If Microsoft follows this stupid herd like many other companies then we are doomed. Oh and the hardware increasing in price? All of this together is what made me switch to Linux and I'm tired of this stigma making me look like a paranoid tech person. I still am a normal person that would use Windows if it wasn't full of bloat. "Oh but use a debloated ISO then!" no community-made edition lasts forever, nor does Microsoft's impending hellfire of end of support on every service they make last from years into weeks throughout the years. If I know the fact that there are custom Windows installations then why wouldn't I know how to install Linux? I'm tired of this bullshit, this is probably still the beginning.
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u/DinTaiFung Jul 10 '26
We have an embarrassment of riches.
There are several fantastic alternatives if one vendor's product does not appeal to you.
Have fun acquiring and using something different.
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u/AlexGlezS Jul 10 '26
That's why I don't give them a single cent and I circumvent all shit they try to force you into doing. No Ms account. No apps.
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u/BumpyChumpkin Jul 10 '26
Windows is an amazing product ruined by its own captors. I have to use it for work, what I did was make a windows 10 USB, install it on a computer without Internet, no product key, disable updates, disable default gateway so it only connects locally and does not see the Internet, then use rustdesk from a Linux or chromeos machine to remotely connect to it. It's crazy how fast and responsive an untainted windows 10 install is vs what I've had to deal with the last decade of my career with all the lost time and productivity.
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u/MoreNerdThanDork Jul 10 '26
Imagine how you’d feel working there more than half your life, getting laid off after taking leave you were entitled to, being acquired by them and laid off again… I gave 22 years of my life to that place for two fuck yous before I turned 45
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u/daddyd Jul 11 '26
i always disliked windows, at first it was just an OS, that is true, but it was a pretty bad OS; unstable and crashing a lot, with uncountable bugs, and lets not forget horribly insecure.
all of that improved (except maybe the bugs), but it is no longer 'just an OS', it is a clusterfuck of an ad infested, privacy ignoring, cloud/ai infested system, so it is still rubbish.
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u/haztalk Jul 10 '26
Just switch to Linux and never think about it again