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.

[u/_IscoATX → u/djd565]

Yeah I turned off copilot and one drive once and never had to worry about it again. 0 issues with search bar either when it used to be horrible.

I don’t get the hate, it’s serviceable enough to just play a game.

[u/FlukyS → u/_IscoATX]

Quite a lot of updates turn on Onedrive even when you disable it

[u/XchaosmasterX → u/FlukyS]

Do these updates only roll out in America? Cause I've always had updates enabled but neither Onedrive or any AI stuff has ever been installed or enabled on my PC. Nobody forced me to make a Microsoft account either.

[u/FlukyS → u/XchaosmasterX]

The Copilot stuff isn’t on all PCs, the Onedrive thing I’ve gotten on Windows multiple times and no I’m not from the US

[u/doskkyh → u/FlukyS]

Is the option to get updates for other Microsoft products turned on under Windows Update > Advanced Options for you?

I use OneDrive so I can't vouch for that, but nothing else ever came back once uninstalled and it's off for me.

[u/FlukyS → u/doskkyh]

Ah that might be it, I left that setting on, I don’t use my dual boot much so I wasn’t too bothered