Microsoft Is KILLING Windows | ft. Steve @GamersNexus

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Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk

Edited by Autumn

[GamersNexus]

How naive we were, to not know that the Intel discussion we had filmed a day prior would then take over our lives for the next few weeks.

[SquaresToOvals]

Took me 11 minutes to realize they are NOT at a bowling alley :0

[Prizm]

1:15 "Adversarial" is a good word. Windows used to be a neutral-ish experience, whose worst inclination was trying to get you to use Internet Explorer. Now every popup and setting has an ulterior motive that I have to constantly guard against. Like a freeware installer that is constantly trying to trick me into installing spyware.

[indy]

Microsoft finally convinced me to switch to linux. Ty Microsoft.👍

[IshayuG]

Calling Windows adversarial is exactly the right term. Whereas mac or Linux asks and turns features off if you say no, Windows will INSIST if you’re not doing what it wants you to do. Just constant badgering until you fall in line. It’s nightmarish.

[gorgonbert]

Obligatory „You will own nothing and be happy“ comment

[lolkthnxbai]

Even though im an American i actually set my location to europe when i had to install windows recently because EU regulations fixes 90% of the issues. I can actually uninstall one drive and edge! It's insane that it takes government regulation to fix these issues.

[Nightowl]

Moving from Windows 7 to Windows 10 was an adjustment.
Moving from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is a dealbreaker. I now officially hate windows and use it begrudgingly…while looking to do away with it entirely.

[PwnySlaystation]

God... When Discord is the "gold standard" for messaging apps, we've really hit peak enshittification

[Matthew-ired]

The blatant disrespect for user choice, user privacy, and user security finally made me switch to Linux yesterday

[cal]

its been a steady water slide to hell since the peak at windows 7.

[_Mutineer]

I'm an OG PC user, first PC in 1983. Nowadays, I buy a refurbed PC (for cheap) when I need one, and install my trusty old Win7 Ultimate. I have a ton of old-ish productivity apps like MS Office and Adobe stuff that have ALL of the functionality that I need and do not need an online account to function, I can run oldish games for when I'm bored and Firefox fits the bill for any web based stuff I need. I use Outlook 2007 for email and DO NOT run any anti-virus or anti-malware crap, because if you have a clue they are unnecessary.
I have about 12 Tb of external storage and I've been running this way for about a decade and have had ZERO issues. So go ahead MS, I will keep running this rig until you find some way to kill it off, I will NEVER run any windows version after 7, I want my PC to do what I want, NOT what it forces me to do, and I only want Corporations to know what I want them to know about me.
Call me old-fashioned, but IMHO, if it ain't broke don't fix it, newer does NOT automatically equal better.

[NothingCoherent]

The breaking point for me was when I bought a Steam Deck and realized I didn't need Windows to game. I hope Valve goes all in on this thing and fully takes over the pc gaming segment.

[tirdkat]

I will NEVER, EVER create an online account just to use my own computer.

[maxmouse]

Absolutely agree. I just want no telemetry, no microsoft account, no ads and no bad services. I already paid for a license.
Oh and don't even THINK of opening Edge. Every month it will ask you to make it the default, use bing and etc

[_ToddT]

I code for a living, and for the past decade I've been dual booting, using Linux for work and Windows 10 for gaming. This was my solution to regain my sanity. This setup also reduces the urge to play games when I should be writing code.

[candyczar]

WINE & Proton are perfect examples of how consistently working on something over time can yield great results. Consistency over time is a super power.

[bitchiptune]

Microsoft is killing Windows and Intel is killing their chips.

[chadhartsees]

Adversarial is a good description. I have so many fond memories of customizing my Windows 98 and Windows XP systems - the look, where menus were, the color of the menu bar... and so much of that customization has been lost even though the computer and the graphical fidelity capabilities are so much higher. I always thought the draw of a Windows PC was you could make it your own. We should be in the era of Windows Home Server and yet... no.

[Self-Signed]

Copilot was the last straw. Went Linux on everything I could about a month ago, and can't believe I didn't sooner.