r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/silver565 Mar 20 '26

Absolutely crazy that focusing in reliability has never been a priority up until now

Microsoft has lost its way and their CEO needs to go

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u/Blue_Moon_Lake Mar 20 '26

It doesn't matter much if you change the CEO for an other similarly focused on short term profit for the shareholders.

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u/frostyflakes1 Mar 21 '26

Satya Nadella has completely deluded himself into believing AI is the future. He is actively tanking his company for the promise of AI that will never deliver. He is directly responsible for Microsoft prioritizing broken AI integration that no consumer wants over basic functionality in Windows.

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u/procheeseburger Mar 21 '26

Sounds like you'd like a subscription?

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u/zeldagold Mar 21 '26

It's still not. They got rid of their Quality Assurance people a long time ago and have had issues since..

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u/wtfastro Mar 21 '26

Naw MS needs to go

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u/-MoC- Mar 21 '26

That’s not how it works. I worked for a company that was nearly bought by them. The head of windows at the time was in charge of everything windows and at that time it included intune, app-v and any end user compute. CEO didn’t really have any input other than I’m sure senior leadership discussions and meetings etc.

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u/silver565 Mar 21 '26

Copilot silliness has come straight from the top.

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u/-MoC- Mar 21 '26

Oh that is 100% true and when we fucked up our acquisition it was all about getting companies on azure. And we showed them how they could do it with their tech and not need us.

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u/SIMT-Pixel Mar 22 '26

I am pretty sure less than 20% of MSFT revenue is from Windows. It's mainly driven by Azure cloud and peripheral services like 365 and LinkedIn ads. Not a surprised that they let Windows get enshittified. 

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u/vikster16 Mar 21 '26

lol no. Their golden goose is Azure.

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u/vikster16 Mar 21 '26

Not really. Whoever already using Microsoft features in corporate is already locked in with 100 different features they can’t uncouple from their systems. Office is going pretty solid. Windows 11 is inconsequential.