this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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It's always sad to see users being mistreated like this but what never ceases to amuse me is the amount of time that Windows users are willing to waste in order to remove all this trash from their systems and have a usable experience, only for it to be ruined again with something worse with the next update. At this point, they either don't know that alternatives exist or they have Stockhom syndrome or something.
I used to do that A LOT and you can still find all my old guides on my website as a testament to that, they were soooo long, it took hours to do a "clean install", they took days to write, and even then I would run into so many issues because of Windows Update... One day I realized that I was doing more work to make Windows usable than the average Arch user and I just gave up. Linux wasn't ready for gaming yet so I had to dual boot for a while, but thankfully that's not a problem anymore. I couldn't be happier.
Lol, the thread below this one starts with "So? Sure you can't get rid of it but also you don't have to use it."
This is like if you're renting an apartment and your landlord shows up to clear a clogged drain and whilst they're in there they install a laundry chute to a room you don't have access to.
You don't pay for that room because you have no need for it and probably wouldn't use it, but could if you want to. Or you can just deal with it being there. Or you can put something in front of the chute to hide it. But it's an inconvenience having to do that and it wasn't there when you moved in so you weren't planning on having to deal with it.
Also, you've got no way of knowing if your landlord is in that room with their ear up to the bottom of the chute, listening to your conversations.
Yea, Windows users act like it's some kind of immovable object that you just have to deal with and that they're so smart because they spend hours applying some dodgy hack by wading through that god awful registry editor rather than just editing config files and having full control over their system. Oh no but then they'd have to open the terminal which is such a problem for them.