[Gigachad]

Microslop for a while now seems to be testing exactly how much you can abuse the user before they move somewhere else. Windows is a prime example. Everything is ads, tracking, popups, annoyances, etc.

They have got away with it for a while because a lot of users have largely been stuck, but they are in real trouble now with Apple providing meaningful competition.

[transcriptase]

Yeah but at least a dozen Microsoft employees went on a seemingly scripted blitz on X about how they’re ready to start listening to feedback and…

* checks notes *

Only have copilot shoehorned into most things instead of everything. And some shit about windows developers which isn’t exactly going to fix the glaring issues with the OS itself.

[Aerroon]

>Yeah but at least a dozen Microsoft employees went on a seemingly scripted blitz on X about how they’re ready to start listening to feedback and…

So what was the purpose of all that telemetry they collected then? Because it doesn't seem to have made the OS like what the users want it to be.

[TheScaryOne]

Do you hate the "Ribbon" UI that got forced into everything in Win8+?

That's what telemetry was used for. Every advanced user turned that off when they gave us the option, and now we have every UI on the computer designed for Grandma.

[thesuitonym]

To better target ads.

[mulmen]

Data Gnomes

1) collect data

2) ???

3) profit

[polski-g]

They literally broke 40yr standard keyboard layouts on laptops by replacing right alt buttons with their bullshit AI button.

Are they going to fix hardware they've already sold? On every OEM?

[altairprime]

No need; they could just patch Windows to add the UI to override Win-F26 or whatever their synthetic Fkey was (currently disallowed by their software!).

[fodkodrasz]

PowerToys for the rescue!

I almost commented that you can just configure in the settings, but actually the available options don't include Alt. On my Hungarian layout Thinkpad T-14 it replaced the context menu key, not the right-alt, which is luckily the AltGraph key that has a substantial role in Hungarian input method, it cannot be omitted.

[philwelch]

It's because of the way companies align their own behavior. "Listening to feedback" is just a good intention but increasing engagement with copilot is a measurable goal. With apologies to George Orwell, imagine an OKR stamping on a human face--forever.

[gloosx]

Microsoft can show a screen-wide dick enlarger ad instead of everyone's wallpaper and people will still be using windows for decades. They already know it.