It's time to move to Linux

Just a rant about how Microsoft has lost touch with it's retail customers and what you can do about it....

=== Timestamps ===
00:00 Introduction
01:06 MS doesn't respect settings
03:10 What about Mac?
04:09 Time for Linux
05:20 Modern Linux is good
06:20 Gaming works (mostly)
07:20 Linux isn't perfect
08:43 I don't trust MS and I'm sick of AI
09:30 Conclusion

[slcsystems]

As someone who has used Linux for many years now I love it and im a computer engineer, the one thing I would suggest and it is down to yourselves is that I send the developers a little bit of money as a thank you for all there time. There are people who work on these distros in there own time and a little bit of money goes a long way to helpin them continue.

[NdxtremePro]

"Windows Killer Feature, " is surprisingly right word usage here.

[Crazynin]

Today: Kernel Level 'Anti-Cheat'
Tomorrow: Kernel Level Ads.

[IGNITION]

I realized today that Linux's main selling point right now is that it has _less_ features: no integrated AI spyware

[expelledfromthematrix]

It’s not Microsoft recall. It’s a KEYLOGGER. Plain and simple.

[ekoncz]

Imagine you have to watch 30 sec Ad to log into desktop💀💀💀

[thfsilvab]

You buy the computer, you buy the OS, still get ads and lose control of your computer. I've been on Linux for more than a year now and oh boy, I don't plan on looking back.

[Warlordjoker]

Unlearning Windows was more complicated than actually learning Linux

[davesmith]

I switched to Linux a few weeks ago. Microsoft decided that my product key was invalid and forced me to use a Microsoft account to log in. I had to do this as I needed to get on my pc at the time. I did have another product key but could not get on the computer to put a new product key in! Microsoft made an enemy. I closed my hotmail account and abandoned windoze, not looking back, ever. My pc is now my property and I need no more product keys nor an EULA. Freedom. No telemetry, no recall, no ads on the start menu…..

[nomado-sensei]

With the latest Adobe ToS update, I don't think Photoshop's absence from Linux is an issue any more.

[stradedigital]

Trojans have been programmed to do EXACTLY this for decades... now it's baked with the operating system * maniacal laughter * 🤣🤣🤣

[dordly]

fun fact, Recall has an infant form in Windows 10 that was found not long after it's release by a Russian user who proved that Windows 10 takes periodic screenshots among other things. Telemetry has been a massive problem in WIndows since XP. The jump to Copilot and Recall may seem extreme, but the biggest leap they took in breaching your privacy was in Windows 7, with 10 being the runner-up. 11 is just the icing on the cake.

[gregcampwriter]

I moved to Mint three years ago. Every time I hear something about a Microsoft product, I'm confirmed in the choice I made.

[technomancer]

Windows is following the tech trend of Enshitification.

[Catbattle]

So nice of Microsoft to add Recall, for malware to be able to access without having to record your usage! Thats so thoughtful for their ecosystem partners!

[Icemn]

I've used Windows on every computer, but when Windows 10 support has gone I plan to move to Linux.
I'm fed up with their crap.

[MegaLokopo]

Recall will be local for about five seconds before onedrive decides to upload it to the cloud for you as a backup.

[Ibbysz]

As an AI/ML Engineer and researcher, i'm getting incredibly frustrated with the current state of AI usage. Big corporations are integrating AI into every conceivable area without clear purpose or use just to say "We're an AI driven company". AI models used to be an interesting and potentially useful linear algebra abstraction used to solve real world problems and now we have subpar ChatGPT clones on every single website doing the exact same thing.

[marius-vs]

"That's the magic of the modern day EULA, you've already given them permission to ignore that choice if they want to."
on point!

[jacobusburger]

In Windows Microsoft owns your computer.
In Linux you own your computer.
The choice is simple.