Hello Windows Insiders,
I want to speak to you directly, as an engineer who has spent his career building technology that people depend on every day. Windows touches more people's lives than almost any technology on Earth. Every day, we hear from th
The problem with Microsoft is that they don’t know why people use Windows anymore and think they are popular enough to make big changes while keeping people excited. But they aren’t popular. They are simply used out of convenience and their ideas are so antithetical to their users it is driving them to find alternatives.
As someone basically stuck using this shit (well, it’s healthcare so we’re still half stuck on 10 LTSC to be fair), I’m glad to see them talking about less obnoxious defaults!
I used to do a lot of default config and was pissed that defender blocked the user -based regkeys for disabling their shitty stock ticker widget, for example. Touching notepad was also a travesty.
The problem with Microsoft is that they don’t know why people use Windows anymore and think they are popular enough to make big changes while keeping people excited. But they aren’t popular. They are simply used out of convenience and their ideas are so antithetical to their users it is driving them to find alternatives.
Bingo!
As someone basically stuck using this shit (well, it’s healthcare so we’re still half stuck on 10 LTSC to be fair), I’m glad to see them talking about less obnoxious defaults!
I used to do a lot of default config and was pissed that defender blocked the user -based regkeys for disabling their shitty stock ticker widget, for example. Touching notepad was also a travesty.