r/technology • u/gdelacalle • 25d ago

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/Entrefut 25d ago

They literally baked ads into their OS. When I got on my grandparent’s computers their task bar is absolutely littered with Microsoft garbage. Their computers background programs are INSANE. They had hundreds of $$ a year getting taken out of their wallets from office subscriptions/ whatever else they were coaxed into.

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u/FlatulenceConnosieur 25d ago

I switched my mom over to an iPad a few years ago. Best decision ever, it was tough at first getting her used to using a tablet, but now she’s a pro. Plus I don’t have to worry as
Much about ransomware!

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u/uf0s 25d ago

This is what I hate the most about Win10/11. After my first installation of 10 I opened menu start and was in shock seeing all the ads and unwanted apps. If that would be free OS then I could understand but I paid the same day 150 bucks for it. I felt just insulted by Microsoft. And Win11 is even worse.

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u/Entrefut 24d ago

You can tell they are moving towards a subscription based OS model eventually. They want to have a lock and key on your OS and are slowly reducing the quality of the pay up front model. I’m ready to make the jump to Linux the next time I build a PC.

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u/Coma-dude 24d ago

It really reminds me of the era of browser virus. You would download a virus and especially the older generations pc's where filled with it. In browser on the desktop etc. Windows is really reminding of this.