• notTheCat@lemmy.ml
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    12 days ago

    I kinda feel like people don’t really care, I mean the ones who care are here and they left these products behind, but we’re really a small fraction that barely counts, most just use these stuff, they just don’t overthink it.

  • KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol
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    12 days ago

    Winbloats was arguably the first one of this list to get enshitiffied. I remember being a 12 yo trying to find an alternative to winbugs because the microsoft account login was required. It’s got worse since then

      • frezik@midwest.social
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        12 days ago

        I’ve been here since Windows 3.0. I’m not sure when this mythical not-shit Windows was. There were a few I could live with, but none that were good.

    • ohellidk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      12 days ago

      if you can manage to get the IOT LTSC windows 11, it has a ton of that stuff removed by default. it makes it much faster and saves drive space.

    • IAmNotACat@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      But Windows is unique in that it can fit a whole lot of shit in it. Way more than one could imagine.

      Minecraft, Chrome etc are a 7 litre compost caddy of shit. Windows is a vast open country waiting to be turned into landfill of human waste.

  • mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 days ago

    What? Windows has sucked for like 20 years. Google turned to shit when they got rid of “don’t be evil”

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      12 days 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
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        12 days 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.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days 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!

    • majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.comEnglish
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      12 days ago

      Windows 7 was the last good Windows. It was a nice polished OS that had the last decent search feature. 8 was a mess (it started without a start button) and then all the bloat/ads that came with 10 and above

      • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        Windows XP was the last good Windows. It had zero bloat, and heck, it encouraged you to use an admin account as your daily account. It didn’t have those pesky UAC notifications, and it would allow you to install each individual Windows KB Update. It didn’t have that high RAM usage that the Aero design had. There was no built in firewall until a later service pack, but you could just opt out of that update.

        • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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          12 days ago

          Windows XP was the last good Windows.

          I think you’re really only remembering XP after SP3. XP in its original form was clunky, buggy and unreliable.

          It had zero bloat

          Wait are you trying to be funny?

          it encouraged you to use an admin account as your daily account.

          This is bad. You should not do this, especially not on anything connected to the internet. You should definitely not do this on an XP system connected to the internet.

          There was no built in firewall until a later service pack, but you could just opt out of that update.

          I’ve eaten the onion, haven’t I?

  • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days 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

    • CafecitoHippo@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Thanks. I was legitimately confused by Minecraft because I never saw anything negative added to Java edition but I’ve never played Bedrock. Minecraft keeps pumping out free content updates so they seem like a good example of what to do for a company.

    • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Additional stuff:

      Reddit - becoming more and more like a typical social media website with profile customizations and instant messaging.

      Netflix - ads and now only limited to one household.

      Chrome - might be the bloatiest of all chromium based browsers

    • GladiusB@lemmy.world
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      12 days 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
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        12 days ago

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

        • GladiusB@lemmy.world
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          12 days 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.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      12 days 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.

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      11 days ago

      I had the same reaction. Enshittification came for Windows more than a decade ago, WTH are they thinking with this meme?

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      12 days ago

      I don’t play games often anymore, but what happened to Minecraft, I thought it was a cheap kids game that just grew into a lot of people playing it. Did they somehow put ads or subscriptions to it?

      • CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee
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        12 days ago

        Subs if you want a server or mods of any kind on bedrock edition which is the only cross platform. Java is still good

      • Farid@startrek.website
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        12 days ago

        People mostly mean the Bedrock Edition for its microtransactions and lack of proper mod support. Otherwise, it’s the same game and you can ignore that stuff.

    • Donkter@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      I think it’s bedrock edition and the many cash grab spinoffs. Afaik og Minecraft is only better than it ever was.

      • renzev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Yeah that’s my experience so far. The only thing Microsoft has managed to ruin so far when it comes to Java edition is the launcher. Luckily there are many great FOSS launchers out there (Prism is my favorite). Everything else is working just fine, and the gameplay updates from the last couple of years have been good.

        • melooone@feddit.org
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          11 days ago

          I can think of a couple more things, like forcing everyone to switch to a Microsoft account and the chat report system. Or the performance problems that were never truly addressed after 1.13. Even the combat update (1.9) I still don’t like.

          But it’s certainly not ruined. As you mentioned, they still regularly update the game with cool features and new blocks, and many of the problems I mentioned can at least be fixed with mods. I would just like to see it fixed properly in the vanilla game.

          +1 for Prism Launcher btw