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by marginalia_nu 1683 days ago
The thing I get on Windows that seems rarer (although not unheard of) in Linux software is that sense that I'm fighting for control over the computer with some scooby-doo villain that has deliberately constructed an intricate obstacle course that is intended to annoy me into accepting other settings than I want.

"See, Mr Bond, after you kept postponing the updates and we replaced all the shut down and reboot buttons with install updates buttons, that just was a ruse. A ruse to get you to do a hard power-off, and you fell for it. Now you have no choice to sit back as we install the updates and forcibly pair your local account with your Microsoft account the next time you start your computer!"