[flyinghamster]

You're not alone. My disillusionment with what computing has become is reaching the point of me considering a career change, preferably one with as little computer interaction as possible. But that means going back to school.

When even Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi jump on the bandwagon of "oh, we changed your configuration behind your back whether you like it or not," it's hard for me to have hope for the future. But Windows 11 is beyond the pale. As it is, I've already skipped Windows 8 and 10, and 11 is an even harder pass.

[ghthor]

It probably is time. This civilization is on the verge of being the next Atlantis. Materialism is thoroughly penetrated all aspects of our lives and we've become wholly dependent on electrification which can be completed knocked out with a kerrington event at any time and it will be all gone, no quick recovery possible.

[olivierestsage]

I'm on Ubuntu and feeling similarly. OpenBSD is looking more and more intriguing, but the further one pushes off in that direction, the more challenging hardware compatibility and access to important applications become -- or at least, that's my perception so far from the outside.

[fredthomsen]

Can you provide some more info about the raspberry pi and Ubuntu config changes done without user consent?

[flyinghamster]

Ubuntu: the appearance of ubuntu-advantage-tools, or moving Chromium to a snap. Raspberry Pi: the addition of a Microsoft apt repository without so much as asking.