Comment on What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs
grue@lemmy.world 2 days agoThat’s right: it is a fucking tool, which means nothing the user does to it or with it could possibly count as “abuse” by the user. An OS is supposed to exist to do exactly the computer owner’s bidding; no more, no less.
But Microsoft certainly doesn’t see it that way. Instead, Windows exists to do Microsoft’ bidding, computer owner’s rights be damned. It’s Microsoft that’s abusing you, by whoring you out to advertisers and subverting your property against you, when you use Windows.
spikecushion@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Bro, it’s true you can’t disable certain things, but you can certainly break it. I can still use a previous version and not update. I can still pirate ltsc. I can remove or install any bullshit I want. It takes the same fucking time when configuring your Linux distro of choice, unattended or not.
I don’t give a fuck what Microsoft thinks. I can still break their os to do what I want.
You’re too self absorbed in Linux good windows bad.
grue@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Sure, you can work around Microsoft’s intentional sabotage, in the same way that you can make excuses about “falling down stairs” when friends ask about the black eyes your abusive spouse gave you. But you shouldn’t have to.
Oh and…
…no it fucking doesn’t, BTW. (At least not unless you intentionally choose to use a ‘difficult’ distro like Arch or Gentoo.)
spikecushion@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I don’t think you know what unattended means.
Overall, no actual proper answers. Got it.