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Microsoft is ruining Windows. It just keeps getting worse. Whether it be their insistence on AI and cloud garbage, or just a general sense of incompetence, I can’t help but feel like the operating system has seen better days.

Normally I wouldn’t care too much, big tech ruins another thing, whatever.

But the problem is Microsoft has such a dominant market share that you can’t really escape them.

I guess unless you use a Mac or something I don’t know.

  • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    But you only have two kidneys, how will you buy a third Mac?

    Macs are outrageously priced for the hardware you get.

    Non-Apple laptops can be just as reliable and last just as long nowadays, and you get to upgrade them at a fraction of the cost. Actually I should say you get to upgrade them, period.

    • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Macs are outrageously priced for the hardware you get.

      Yea sure, we all know this. But we’re talking about software here. Not to be too snarky, but the part you actually use. The differences might not be worth it to you, or maybe you need a gaming PC, but for some, it’s just fine.