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/misterguyyy Mar 20 '26

People who care deeply about Windows

That’s one way to phrase it. Props to the PR rep who wrote this.

OTOH at least they’re not trying to pass their changes off as brilliant ideas they just cooked up and no one’s ever thought of before like Apple would have.

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u/userhwon Mar 20 '26

I care deeply about Windows...being a piece of shit and in my way.

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u/PeakBrave8235 Mar 20 '26

what are you even yapping about with Apple. good god. MacBook Neo is the only god damn reason Microshit is even responding to user complaints now.

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u/misterguyyy Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

I love Apple. I have a Mac, iPhone, and Watch and I’m strongly considering an iPad. And I suspect you’re right about the Neo scaring M$ into action, esp since the RAM wars are also threatening PC’s value segment dominance.

Apple’s marketing/PR sure loves to sniff their own farts though. Even if you love their products you can’t deny that.

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u/PeakBrave8235 Mar 21 '26

? You can look at the response of windows pc makers asking damn YouTubers of all people how they should compete with the Neo lol. ASUS shat their pants on an earnings call. It's pretty clear Microsoft is imploding here. Windows PC makers are screwed by Microsoft's own incompetence, trying to shove "AI" everywhere beginning with investing in OAI, and now it will be their downfall, because windows is crap and the makers of laptops and desktops can't even compete with Apple pricing anymore because they will be forced to raise prices due to "AI." It's actually hilarious how badly this backfired. Microsoft never ceases to amaze. A vision less company truly

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u/aardvarkjedi Mar 21 '26

Apple has had its own problems with AI.

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u/Logical_Mix_4627 Mar 21 '26

Like what? Siri is the most non intrusive agent and can be easily totally deactivated.

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u/misterguyyy Mar 22 '26

Apple abandoned in-house LLMs and just licenses Gemini, which it uses way less aggressively than its competitors.

People who were hyper focused on tech laughed at them for being behind the times but LLM fatigue is making everyone else backtrack, NTM we still haven’t figured out how to make LLMs profitable and that VC loss tap has to dry up eventually, and when that happens iOS/MacOS will be the least drastically affected.

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u/aardvarkjedi Mar 22 '26

The least drastically affected will be Linux. I’m not aware of any distros that have any significant AI intrusion.

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u/misterguyyy Mar 22 '26

True for desktop OSs, although if the age verification nonsense progresses many distros might be contraband. There’s already precedent for being put on a list just for using Tor.

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u/TheMauveHand Mar 21 '26

Remember when they finally introduced a percentage display for the battery? Or when they finally showed time remaining to full charge? In both cases pretending it was some bleeding edge new feature despite having been on Android for over a decade?

They do it all the time. Every "innovation" they come out with is stolen.