Reclaim your PC. Make it yours once more. Join the penguins.

Idk what I can say about this except "lol"

Microsoft needs to be broken up.

Any company that can be so blatantly anti consumer and still makes boatloads of money is obviously abusing its dominant position on the market.

Hey, my weekly reminder to tell you that I, a Windows 11 user on five computers without any special tweaks, have never seen a single one of those ads people keep talking about on Lemmy.

When I made this, I did not expect I'd use it much. Then...Windows 11.

This time the software giant is trying out having PC Manager suggest that you 'repair' your system by reverting to Microsoft's default search engine, Bing.

These are sound like things that are just begging European union to milk out some cash from Microsoft through fines.

Turned on my computer yesterday and this popped up. No option to decline. I had to go into the registry last week get all traces of OneDrive out. It's worse than just ads; it's also forcing its other products. Like: Bitch, I'm just here for your OS. Fuck off with all your neediness.

"Let's finish setting up your PC Your PC needs to be backed up and connected to a few more Microsoft services to help you work more easily and securely acrossall your devices.

Back up your files with OneDrive cloud storage Have peace of mind knowing they're backed up and available acrossyour devices

Enhance your web browsing experience Restore Microsoft recommended browser settings.

Achieve more with a Microsoft 365 subscription Get premium Microsoft 365 apps, 1 TB of cloud storage to back up files and photos, and more

Back up your phone to your PC Access your phone's photos, texts, and more, right on your PC.

Sign in quickly with Windows Hello Securely unlock your device with a touch or a smile.

Remind me in 3 days or Continue"

Windows: System needs repairing Me: proceeds to install linux mint

They about to find out the only reason people don't use Linux is because Windows is 'convenient.'

Pathetic.

Here's a tool to permanently fix your windows installation from all this BS.

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My grandma call me saying she's sick of Widows and its shenanigans and asked me to install gentoo on her machine next time I come around. Gonna be a fun weekend.

I just switched all my systems over to mint. I used to think Linux was the "just at work" environment. But now I'm flipping it. I'm sick of Windows, I know it's less hassle but my digital well-being needs a break from ads.

I just rolled back my Win 11 to Win 10 only to use temporarily while I test some other distros to see which one(s) I like.

Shout out to Ventoy, my new favorite usb utility.

"[...] switching the default search engine back to Bing [...] from Google Search (or whatever other browser is set as default)."

Google is a Browser now, neat. And somehow it's relevant in a post about search engines.

"Microsoft Edge, the default browser pre-installed on Windows machines, and Bing Search aren't bad products by any means - they are solid alternatives to Google's own Chrome and Search."

They may be good compared to Chrome and now also Google. But even rotten eggs are better than literal shit, at least for most people.

Stockholm Syndrome is the only explanation I can come up with at this point.

these clickbait anti microsoft ads weren't amusing in the late 90s on slashdot and they aren't amusing now.

And that's why I switched to Linux.

I fully switched to Fedora for a week now and it felt like a fresh air

I use a mixture of Linux and Windows 10 LTSC on my PCs/servers/VMs. I will be the first to admit that Windows does sometimes make sense to use. My desktop PC and my dev environment are both Windows 10.

That being said, what is the advantage in using Windows 11 over 10? As far as I can tell, it's worse in every way. Built-in ads, a crappier UI, forced obsolescence with TPM requirements, and "feature" bloat that nobody asked for.

10 was a clear improvement over 8, but 11 just seems all-around worse.