I still have a dual-boot desktop that I keep a copy of Windows 10 on for one or two bits of software that I can't get 100% working in Wine, and yeah I'm definitely not upgrading. For one thing I can't because it's an older CPU that doesn't have TPM on it, but also because of the AI thing.

The idea that Microsoft is expecting me to purchase new hardware (which is now ludicrously expensive because of companies like Microsoft going all-in on AI slop) so that I can 'upgrade' and make it easier for them to use their AI slop spyware to harvest my info is so preposterously arrogant and evil that I actually find it super funny.

It's like if someone was going to rob you and they expected you to go purchase and supply the gun they use to stick you up with lol.

I have used MS for years and also interacting with linux based server systems daily. I do stick with windows, but I also disable most of AI related features (I used auto captioning in some cases). While I use AI daily it is a local sandboxed instance. I think they should focus on other areas, but every tech company is FOMO on AI.

Finally converted the last computer in my house from Windows to Linux. My wife was the last holdout and she's been loving her Linux machine.

Like apparently everyone else, I moved to Linux Mint and have been loving it! It really is easy to use, but I've also realized that my technical knowledge is at a point where I really don't need it to be easy. Like, I've always considered myself kinda tech illiterate in comparison to the people I'm around (I'm a software engineer who specializes in JavaScript/React, but I'm around Rust devs and people who set up docker containers for fun) but apparently just being comfortable using the console is far above what the average user will do. I think there was an xkcd about this kind of phenomenon

Man MS,…

-W8=> dude, we just want an OS that works

-Voice commands=> please don’t give hackers that kind of acces through our speakers

-Vista=> just fkn work already

-Onedrive all over the place=> nope

-365=> no thx

When will these assholes learn? If this is the straw that breaks multiple camels then good.

Windows users want a menu button in the lower left corner and shit to work after a short installer. How the fuck do you keep messing that up?

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There’s nothing I do with my home computer that warrants that AI is integrated to the OS. I browse the web. Play games. Occasionally I work on some personal projects.

I can never see myself say ” Hey Cortana! I want to play Megabonk!”. I see much less reason for the OS to constantly record everything I do to do this.

Please don’t shove AI down my throat.

Moved 5 home PCs from Win10 to either Mint or Bazzite this year. No complaints from the family; we'll not be going back to M$.

I‘ve switched to Linux mint. 95% of my time I am using it instead of Windows and this is just because of that stupid kernel anti cheat software…

Huge numbers of Windows users are refusing to upgrade to Windows 11 -- and many of them are citing its AI features as the reason why.

Spoiler: They're not. They're postponing. Eventually, they'll almost all give in to the bullying :(

I used windows 11 for too damn long before switching to Mint. I feel like I already damned myself.

I'm one of them, and currently looking into Linux, if I can migrate my Photoshop tools/brushes/gradients/etc successfully over to another program that is compatible.

My only hang up after that is gaming, and I feel that can be resolved with dual boot to win10.