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Comment by dlcarrier

1 day ago

The easiest way to avoid patent liabilities is to always be 20 years behind.

20 years behind get us back to Windows XP, that had a better experience than Windows 11 anyway.

  • I've heard people say this, and believed it myself for a long time, but recently I set up a windows XP VM and was shocked by how bad the quality of life was.

    I think nostalgia is influencing this opinion quite a bit, and we don't realize the mountain of tiny usability improvements that have been made since XP