funny that windows 11 is the breaking point for everyone, as if windows 10 didn't ship with added telemetry, cortana and ads in the start menu.
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@RustyCrab @yomiel you can turn all that off in win 11 and most of the broken stuff people keep talking about have been in beta insider builds that are fixed before they make it to release. It's really funny to me that people are more willing to trudge through the trenches in Linux than just doing some simple tweaks in win 11 lol.
@verita84 @RustyCrab @yomiel I mean what's even getting sent at that point, my hardware configuration? Idgaf about that lol I send that shit to valve for free. You can turn off everything that's meaningful. If you have such a strict threat model that you need to start doing firewall blocks I don't really consider people like that a part of the conversation when it comes to which OS to use for general users, professional users, or gamers.
You don’t mind your operating system spying on you and constant ly phoning home to Microsoft?
@verita84 @RustyCrab @yomiel realistically it all gets smashed into a database that AI combs over and says what percentage of people are using what hardware and shit for analytic purposes, no I don't care about that.
@RustyCrab @yomiel only problem I've had with win11 so far has been that installing it on unsupported hardware made it so the pc won't boot if the monitor it's connected to isn't turned on first. Super funny issue lol.
@beardalaxy @RustyCrab @yomiel here's an example of the kind of shit with modern windows
You click shutdown but it doesn't shut down. It just kicks you back to the login screen. Restarting works and so does a shutdown command from Linux.
I always carried a Linux usb with me when doing hardware repairs especially complicated ones like webcam swaps because I wanted to test if it was windows. In many cases it was windows 10/11 being shit.
@sendpaws @RustyCrab @yomiel wtf I've never even heard of that happening let alone experienced it lol. Funny enough my main mouse doesn't work on Linux I have to use a different one xD
@beardalaxy @RustyCrab @yomiel I never hated Windows as much as I did having to use it in the wagie setting and dealing with how wagie PCs are loaded up with shitware like normies installing toolbars back in the day.
@sendpaws @RustyCrab @yomiel oh yeah windows is really easy to fuck up, but if you're going to switch to Linux I feel like you're not the kind of person who is going to fuck up your windows install like that xD
Personally speaking, I like Linux a lot but it has a bit too much friction for me. I *can* use it but I usually won't unless it is going to be the path of least resistance. Or if I'm bored and just want to fuck around with something for a bit.
You can never stop it from phoning home unless you use a firewall and block each outbound connection. It ended up being a full time job for me