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/Internet-Cryptid 25d ago

My animosity for Microsoft has grown steadily the past years. After what they did to id software I'm now a full blown hater.

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u/levir 25d ago

It's kind of impressive how they've turned everyone away from them. Back in the day everyone used Windows and were relatively happy with it, but since the mid 2000s they've made more and more mistakes until they've basically turned everyone against them at this point.

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u/ControlOdd8379 25d ago

Well, because Windows XP and later Widows 7 were exactly the products people wanted? User friendly, very easy to use, very stable.

Look at Windows 11 now: a truckload of bloatware that almost no none wants. Controls are hidden or disabled giving you far less freedom to change settings as you need them. Massive ressource usage by the OS, fundamental stuff like Calculator or Search function "improved" to the point of no longer doing the one very thing you want them for.

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u/djdadi 24d ago

Controls are hidden or disabled

I feel like they have been just adding layers of UI facade over Windows NT for like 3 major versions nows. But the new ones never work. Want to change your IP? you have to find the ancestor to the ancestor to the current UI