I’m on 24H2 Windows 11 with a local account set up, ran windows debloat tool and have CoPilot/onedrive/other data mining features un-installed.
Edit: I have a plan to make the switch to Linux. For now I was just looking for any feedback on how to handle current Windows OS. I whole heartedly hate Microsoft as much as the next, I promise lol.
I have no idea why Microsoft always attempts to implement the next “big new tech thing” in Windows for every version, just for them to always inevitably reverse course after it flops as they repeat it again
‘you miss every shot you don’t take’
‘the people don’t know what they want until you show them’
They throw everything including the kitchen sink in the hopes that they score the next big thing. Users be damned.
Both of those statements are true, though.
“Next big thing” may actually work, nobody knows for sure. One thing MS actually has is a big userbase, and it would be unwise to ignore possibility of testing few hypothesises on them.
I used to work in startup during “big data” hype and some things we developed was truly outside of users imagination. Users knew their problems, “pains” as we called them, but they lacked tech skills to even imagine ways of solving them. Picture this: you are showing spreadsheet editor to people who are used to keep all ther records on paper. You are
AI may work for some people. Paint can get you pictures based on scribbles, notepad can turn your drafts into proper notes. You wouldn’t know until you try it yourself, and most non tech savvy people won’t even search for a ways to try. But if it’s already installed - why not? Click on that fancy ✨AI✨ button and enjoy wonders of technology.
For some context - i’m not an MS shill, not even using Windows since Vista (used my literal lunch money to buy it). But i can’t be mad at them for trying, especially when they don’t charge extra for it.