Comment on Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 7 months agoWhy? Why even fucking do this? What do they get? And why is their default ux so aggressively terrible?
Comment on Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 7 months agoWhy? Why even fucking do this? What do they get? And why is their default ux so aggressively terrible?
twack@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They want you to use the search instead of a functional interface. That’s why they keep making the interface worse.
It let’s them spy on you through bing, allows them to fill the results with ads, and let’s them hide system applications unless you know exactly how to find them.
Its also them gearing up towards funneling the entire UX through copilot for largely the same reasons.
The entire goal is to flip the operating system from the slave of the user to the master of the content.
blurg@lemmy.world 7 months ago
As to how rationales go, this is the clearest.
I hate it.
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yeah that sounds probable, and I’m worried what happens to all the data on windows machines when they do.
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Almost plausible, except their search doesn’t fucking work either. I have repeatedly had the experience of typing the exact name of a program I know I have installed only for it not to appear in the incremental results. Sometimes programs will appear if you type less than the full name but then disappear if you dare type all of it. Sometimes the only way for me to find programs I want is to use an alternative launcher like the one in PowerToys. The last time start menu search actually worked was Windows 8.1. I fucking hate it, and it has driven me to make the leap to Linux for my personal computer, I am loving it so far.
twack@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s… Exactly what I was talking about. Master of the content.
I am fully aware that the windows search hides things that you are actually searching for. Particularly if they are system preference apps.
Also, I bailed as well. I use windows for work and school, otherwise I’m on linux.
intro@programming.dev 7 months ago
Oh God, I wish that you are wrong! Because if you’re right, that answer is horrifying!