• I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    82·
    7 days 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
      211·
      7 days 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.

      • L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Exactly that. 7 was fine. I got used to 10 with tweaks. 11 will never touch any device I own. Fuck everything they’ve done to Windows in recent years.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
      1·
      6 days ago

      Windows was shitty after the superior WinXP. I’d argue 98 was all I needed but XP was when disk scanning/defragmenting was baked in.

  • Juice@midwest.social
    42·
    7 days ago

    Oh enshittification is coming for Windows. In the future. Like it hasn’t happened yet or wasn’t the first and worst of these companies for it to come for. But something that hasn’t happened yet, not in the past. Interesting.

    • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Windows was good until Vista … then it seemed every second version was a pile of shit (7 good, 8 crap, 10 ok, 11 ugh).

  • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    6 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
      7·
      6 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
      2·
      5 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

  • mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    10·
    6 days ago

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

    • Donkter@lemmy.world
      19·
      6 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
        12·
        6 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
          5·
          6 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

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
      33·
      6 days ago

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

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
      8·
      7 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.

    • GladiusB@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 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
        5·
        7 days ago

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

        • GladiusB@lemmy.world
          3·
          7 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.