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jsonjson , 1 day ago to Technology in My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

I used to help maintain a Linux distro, and there is a level of polish Windows has that I feel cannot be reached by the FOSS ecosystem due the resources dumped into hiring dedicated teams at MS. Microsoft has tons of money. I'm sad about the direction of windows, but it generally works pretty well for how it's designed (which is in some cases awful).

jsonjson , 2 months ago to Technology in Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools

Windows 11 development was led by the UI team that led Windows 8, and a team responsible for more of the internal Windows development was responsible for Windows 10. You can kind of tell by Windows 11 being an arbitrary UI change with numerous regressions.

jsonjson , 2 months ago to Technology in Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools

The lack of a small taskbar mode was all it took for me to never upgrade. Just shows MS doesn't care about its users.

jsonjson , 2 months ago to Technology in Microsoft won't update your Windows 11 PC if it has these apps

But really, there's Microsoft apps in that list.