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.

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transcriptase 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

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Aerroon 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>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 24 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		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 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		To better target ads.
	▲	mulmen 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Data Gnomes 1) collect data 2) ??? 3) profit

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polski-g 36 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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?

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philwelch 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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.

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gloosx an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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.