• Geek_King@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Microsoft is hellbent on objectively making their OS worse. That mock up of a Windows XP start menu modified to look like how Windows 10/11 looks now was sobering.

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      6 months ago

      It’s only worse if you’re judging Windows from the point of view of the user. It seems quite more effective at collecting data and selling your information to advertisers compared to previous releases. By that measure, I’d say it’s a smashing success for the company.

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        6 months ago

        Very similar to the information Youtube released, they’ve had a very positive response from advertisers relating to their plans to play advertisements WHEN YOU PAUSE YOUTUBE VIDEOS! Note it doesn’t say how the actual users respond to the propose change, because that part isn’t important.