you can tell AI is cooked because they’re back to the laziest enshittification methods like this
if i have to have Edge open every time or see AI continue to exist, I pick Edge.
lol most innovative OS.
looking forward to every application running through browsers and only allowing edge.
looking forward to every application running through browsers and only allowing edge
Tbh i kinda hate that every single fucking thing that used to just be a fucking website has to have some app to run
I prefer apps over websites generally because native programs are usually smoother than in-browser programs, but I despise apps that are clearly websites wrapped in Electron to justify being an app. Wasting my RAM and wasting my time.
Isn’t that how Chromebooks work? Even then I thought that was silly.
You got to hand it to them, they are very innovative with their enshittification.
Forced edging is not something I agree to.
Awfully nice of Windows to volunteer to be Linux’s marketing team all free of charge.
But I fucking hate how every piece of technology insists on nagging you on how to use it. You can’t even click on a website without a pop up of google reminding you to sign in, and then a pop-up that’s just “email pls!”
Okay so the stack is now
- windows
- edge
- v86
- Arch
- KVM
- windows
- …
Well then… Don’t have a Windows 11 PC.
Seriously, there is a penguin who can fix this for you. Pretty sure Windows 12 will be setup to sleep with your spouse and kick sand in your face…
It’s like a horror franchise.
Windows 13: The Semen Demon Rises
I really should get to backing up my laptop and switching it to linux, I bet they’ll brick win10 soon
I recently replaced my 2014 thinkpad with a newer thinkpad and put Linux on it. The slowest part was downloading the ISO. Everything just works out of the box. If you could use windows 7, you can use Linux.
(I recommend EndeavourOS but Ubuntu or Mint are often considered easier)
Just FYI: I just put Ubuntu on an older laptop. I had a problem with streaming video, they kept stuttering. The fix, as far as I can tell, is to run XORG instead of Weyland. (Select on bottom right of log-in screen, where it asks for password.)
But yeah, I’m almost there. Replaced Google with Proton (paid service, but worth it to be out of Google’s ecosystem, and there’s free options, too, I think). Just need to decide on a secure browser and phase out my existing accounts.
Feels good, man. Feels so fucking good to be moving in the right direction.
Another month, another anti-competitive behavior from Micro$lop.
“Your balls will be electrocuted automatically every time you turn on your ball electrocution apparatus”
I really don’t know why they do this. Is it just so they can prey on the elderly who don’t know how to computer to artificially inflate the user numbers for their shitty browser?
Like, who is this for? I can’t even really think of a justification for this even from the corporate suits, are they just floundering and so unaware of what people actually want in an OS that they think this will be well received?
I think it’s so managers can meet KPIs for usage. I first thought this was the news about them preloading edge (which they have done for a while, for office too if I’m not mistaken).
cant you just go into task manager and disable run on startup?
i’m sure there’ll be some way to turn if off but even if it’s that simple most people would be too inexperienced or lazy to do it
Also fewer and fewer people even know how to change the settings on their stuff.
This isn’t usually a skill issue, it’s a knowledge issue, fixed by RTFM. Or Google.
I think “lazy” might be the wrong word to use here. “Lazy” is when you don’t feel like doing laundry.
Frustrated is a better description, I think.
Frustrated by an entitled company which packages invasive data collection into a product with a 70% market share of laptops and desktops.
Frustrated that manufacturers of these products don’t provide Linux options out of the box.
Frustrated that a person can’t just buy a USB stick loaded with Linux and install it.
Frustrated that they have to worry about bricking their laptop if they fuck it up.
Frustrated that streaming video stuttered and there didn’t seem to be any way to troubleshoot it.
At least, this describes my experience getting fed up with Windows and putting Ubuntu on my laptop. It was touch and go for a minute. A week actually. Pure frustration.
Now that it’s up and running, though, I fucking love it. But getting there was quite a bit of hassle, ngl.
Of course you can. Along with all the other annoyances Microsoft has added before, all the ones they will add in the future, and those you turned off, but they’ll turn back on automatically.
Here’s a pro tip: keep a text file of all the things you have to turn off again later. Separated into the following categories: turns back on every update, turns back on every startup, turns back on when starting a specific app, turns back on randomly, and can’t be turned off anymore (for the future). Then make scripts to automate the process.
unfortunately i cant code so i guess its manual method for me
This is a sort of reputable script for removing most crap https://github.com/christitustech/winutil
thank you! i will try this, i have a tech friend who may be able to help :)
You don’t even have to do that, you can just go to Settings.
Some users are reporting that a new banner is appearing at the top of the Edge browser that says the app “now launches when you sign into Windows, so it’s ready when you want to browse. Change this anytime in Settings.”
Windows Central can confirm that as of the latest Microsoft Edge Beta build, this banner does appear at the top of the interface, and unless you select the “No thanks” button, the browser will automatically appear every time you start up your PC. The good news is that you can disable this, but the bad news is it appears to be opt-out rather than opt-in.
Not if you nuke it off your computer with the debloat scripts.
bootloop time
jokes on microsoft i never turn off my pc
Sounds like the joke is on you if you are still using windows
It’s only a matter of time before Windows 11 is forced upon me at work. I am dreading it. The few times I’ve had to use a coworker’s computer that had it, it was so frustrating that I immediately became dysregulated. I don’t know how I will be able to adapt to it. I don’t want to lose my job over something so trivial.
