Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new direction

Re:Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new... by Stevemiller07 on Monday November 24, 2025 @10:58PM (#46042218)

Most of the pushback seems to come from a loss of trust. People feel Windows is becoming more of a service built around telemetry and ads rather than an OS they control. Until Microsoft addresses that underlying concern, frustration will keep showing up.

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Re:Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new... by cwillu on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @12:26AM (#46042616)

s/feel/have noticed/

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Re:Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new... by getlawgdon on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @12:34AM (#46042658)

OneDrive was the last straw for me.

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Re:Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new... by robocat on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @11:48AM (#46047725)

Dirty upsells for recurring revenue.

Apple pushes iCloud REALLY HARD. I'm on the free plan but I paid when on holiday and now I get heavy dark patterns from Apple (phone UI, emails, yadda).

Android too? Persistently asking "Photos backup is turned off! Turn it on?" to use up storage to justify a subscription fee?

Too often you can feel a UI push towards some revenue stream - frustrating UX!

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Re:Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new... by wormius on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @03:34AM (#46055400)

We need to call Windows 11 (the MS ecosystem), all these "free" systems, "Nagware" like in the old days.

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Re:Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new... by _wire_ on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @12:55AM (#46042739)

"Hello!"

"Welcome"

When your device welcomes you, something super inappropriate is going on, unless the device isn't actually yours...

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Re:Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new... by beefnugs on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @02:48AM (#46043347)

I never actually thought for a second that os updates would lose my files... until it proudly started saying on screen YOUR FILES ARE RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT THEM

I knew then... that there was non zero chance those files will be right where i leave them. And sure enough it was months later some update deleted peoples files

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Re:Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new... by HugoTea on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @04:08AM (#46043913)

To be fair, they added that after an upgrade removed all of your files, so perhaps they felt they needed to re-assure the public it wouldn't happen again. It's a shame they didn't instead invest resources into actually making sure of that, because I'm pretty sure it happened a second time.

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Re:Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new... by panxyh on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @06:57AM (#46044976)

"We (...)"

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