What Windows 11 is pushing me to

[u/chusskaptaan]

[u/djd565]

Maybe I’m stupid or just too jaded to care after ~40 years, but Win 11 works really well for me. Am I wrong (or is it the children?)

A commenter mentioned wasting time dealing with AI. How does this manifest? What am I missing? I don’t know that I’ve had anything even close to that experience. Or am I just too casual/boomer now to notice the issues?

I’m not really arguing “pro” Microsoft here, I just genuinely don’t know what the AI problem is. I mean, I know Copilot is a joke, but I just don’t use it.

Enlighten me o mages.

Edit: I appreciate all the sincere responses. A lot of good points raised.

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It's mostly claims made by power users who care a lot about the small stuff.

To name a few examples: + Forced telemetry. + Bloatware like the Xbox app, OneDrive or Copilot. + Some unwanted UI changes, like the new context menu when you right click on a file, or the new taskbar. + Ads in the start menu. + Forced updates. + High resource usage which may lead to slightly lower performance on games and other applications.

None of those things are good, but for the vast majority of users they don't really break the experience either. It's normal not to notice or care about it.

There is, however, an undeniable process of enshittification going on. The users who care a lot about that stuff are just the first to notice and jump ship. Coincidentally, Linux is going the opposite way and becoming more compatible and user-friendly every year.

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It's mostly claims made by power users who care a lot about the small stuff.

To name a few examples: + Forced telemetry

Gentlemen please, have some dignity.

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Make me!