• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
    871·
    6 months ago

    everyone say goodbye to the wonderful decadess of lean, efficient, bloat-free Windows we have known and loved up until Windows 11!

    it’s been smooth sailing until windows 11!

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    50·
    6 months ago

    Windows has been shit waaaaaaaaay longer than any of those. MS always “fixes” it afterwards just enough to become usable

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      6 months ago

      To be fair, Windows has huge, maybe even unreasonable, demands placed on it for backward compatibility due to corps not wanting to dump their 30 year old legacy software. And to Microsoft’s credit, they actually manage to do that pretty well while maintaining a reasonably stable OS. Most of the time, anyway.

      The increasing interest in using Windows as a conduit for ads and data collection is what they really chafes me and is the primary reason I’m slowly moving away from Windows.

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
    122·
    6 months ago

    Lol, this is hilarious. Thanks, Lemmy. It makes me feel better to know I’m not this far echo chambered. Good luck.

  • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    6 months ago

    For those wondering about what specifically happened with each:

    Minecraft - microtransactions on Bedrock edition

    Reddit - API changes killing 3rd party apps and streamlining ad delivery

    Netflix - Pricing and library changes making it less and less of a good deal

    Chrome - Manifest V3 killing uBlock Origin and similar content blockers

    Windows - Increasing numbers of ads baked into the system, poorly-made features like Recall, and lack of hardware compatibility with the TPM 2.0 requirement

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 months ago

      Why didn’t you just build your own thumb drive out of parts? It just takes a bit of soldering and W steady hand.

    • GladiusB@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 months ago

      I suggest unbuntu or mint for your first. To get acclimated. Arch and others are cool, but they are intense. I run mint and I can play 99 percent of my old games on it through steam.

      • RangerJosie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        I went with Mint. Cinnamon edition. Get my feet wet with this. Slip deeper into the pool later maybe.

        • GladiusB@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 months ago

          I don’t see a need to for myself. I went dual boot to make sure I could acclimate with my usage. The only thing that didn’t play well was my HP printer. Which isn’t a loss IMO.

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      Cracking down on account sharing was the start, then the massive price increases.

      In the last couple of months it has gone from the most reliable one I use to having trouble changing profiles and it hanging while atarting a movie every couple of days. Now they are removing their own interactive content and tried to branch out into gaming, but then fired the whole studio. All of these things are due to trying to chase expansion instead of just being a high quality movie and series streaming service.

      • marcos@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 months ago

        Oh, no.

        Cancelling any series that doesn’t stay on the top10 on the first week was the start. Or was it removing their own old series from the catalog? Well, I can’t really tell when it started either.

  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 months ago

    This would be true if it wasn’t for the blood trails. All these companies are thriving despite the enshitification; perhaps they’re thriving because of it.