Comment on I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone

hydrashok@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• multiplewolves@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I replied in earnest and was thanked with an immediate downvote. Your response is the right one: This is a technology space, let’s support contributions that keep that in mind. This was a dull read expressing nothing but a backwards mentality.

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  • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    First, let me say I appreciate both this and your main response. I agree it is a backwards mentality.

    But if I may offer some feedback on the remainder of your post: in my opinion, anyone that use words or substitutions like “M$” or “Micro$oft” or whatever immediately strike me as a person not engaging in good faith, and trying to rile others up for likes or upvotes; but not looking to engage in serious discourse.

    You’re welcome to your opinion, and I might even agree with it and the sentiment behind it, but using 20 year old memes that were only leveraged by teenagers when WinXP was retired and likely never bought a Microsoft product anyway probably isn’t going to resonate.

    Please do not take this as my endorsement of Microsoft — it is not — but I also want to have a meaningful discussion and not just trade memes and quotes back and forth in a big circle-jerk against “M$”.

    Finally, please know my intention here is not to be mean to or humiliate you. Text doesn’t have the nuance of intonation and inflection of an in-person conversation, and this message may suffer from the same. Please feel free to message me if you’d like to discuss further outside this forum.

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    • multiplewolves@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There was an older senior engineer at a company I used to work for who insisted on referring to non-technical staff as “business critters”, and it made everything he said sound sarcastic and condescending.

      So I do get where you’re coming from.

      While I shorten Microsoft to avoid algorithmic and AI attention, I can see how it may detract from my comment. It isn’t a “20-year-old meme that was only leveraged by teenagers when WinXP was retired” — it may seem that way to you, but everyone I know in tech types it for the aforementioned reasons and because it’s faster.

      Microsoft has proven repeatedly that they are a hostile, monopolistic force in the tech sphere, actively and successfully lobbying to retain their stranglehold on desktop and productivity markets. They support genocide and silence internal opposition at all costs. It is not an argument in poor faith to point that out. They are motivated solely by money and always have been. They are not a good entity in the tech space for anyone who prioritizes user experience, privacy, non-violence, security, and accessibility.

      While I appreciate your input, and will strongly consider limiting my use of that abbreviation in “mixed” tech spaces, I cannot and will not pretend that Microsoft deserves better.

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