Comment by calamari4065
2 years ago
While obviously I'm rooting for Linux to become the de-facto OS, I'm much more excited to simply watch Windows die a slow and painful death.
IMO Microsoft is in a terminal spiral they have no hope of recovering from. The enshittification of Windows is marching forward unabated and is only going to get exponentially worse as time goes on. It's already entirely untenable for anyone who cares, and is quickly approaching a point where it's untenable for the common layperson. Soon it will be untenable for business entities. After all, who would trust their business data to an OS that doesn't even try to hide the fact that it's exfiltrating all kinds of data to Microsoft?
Can't wait to see the fireworks when W10 is EOL'd and 11 becomes a mandatory forced update. I think it will drive a lot of Linux adoption
Strategically I still think selling out Windows like they did is a massive long term mistake. Windows is a entry getaway to the rest of the Microsoft ecosystem and while they are okay to let it rot to focus on the cloud instead, it's going to bite them later.
they're not letting it rot
they're pouring gasoline on it and setting it on fire
after 30 years Windows is now broadly stable, and they load it up with spyware and adverts that would make bonzibuddy look mild by comparison
That's the worst part: Windows would be the best it's ever been if it weren't made intentionally worse.
Windows 10 is actually quite good underneath all the crap. Except for a few extremely specific gripes, I think it's just as good as 7 was. But the real W10 experience is the worst available anywhere at any time for most people. It's honestly impressive just how bad they've managed to make it while still being a nearly-functional operating system.
W11 is worse, from what I hear. I don't really care to find out.