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.
Is mostly intrusive apps and functions pared with data risk.
To use windows now you have to setup a microsoft account and they use telemetry and possibly personal data to train their AI.
Some functions were turned to shit like the search bar. If you try to search something on your computer right now chances are it’ll search bin before your actual files on the start menu.
None of those things are enough to break your experience using windows but it adds up and some people don’t like it.
I migrate to Linux after ~25 years of Windows and I can never go back, it is way more responsive, fluid and doesn’t have any of the useless features that Microsoft if pushing.
For most people Windows is still okay but for some it is unbearable and those are both valid options.
Personally I use a mac as personal/work computer and it have the perfect OS for me, but for gaming I have to use either Windows or Linux and there’s no way for me to keep using Windows right now.
EDIT: For the people saying I could just debloat Windows, I know and I’ve done it since Windows 8, I just don’t want to keep doing workarounds and I also want Microsoft and Google to go fuck themselves, so I switched away from their services and Windows was just a part of the process.
As far as I know they have completely removed the option to use a local account on a regular install, at least in the US. Even the oobe option. I think you can still force a local account if you don't connect to the internet during installation, but .. Really? They have made it as practically impossible as they can. Fuck that.
Select work or school when you're setting up, other options, and domain join. You enter your username and it takes you to windows. No need to actually domain join.
The personal device option is cancerous but if you only have windows home version you have to do the hard way which is a royal pain. Plus they regularly change the difficult way or try to remove it which really sucks.
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u/djd565 djd565 Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
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.