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[-] mats@feddit.de 86 points 1 year ago

Windows. You pay ~100€ just to give your personal data to MS and get a bloated OS that will use all of your resources. Even MacOS is a more fair deal than this.

[-] original_reader@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

I agree that it's not great that telemetry is shared, but to say that you buy it "just" to share your data is an exaggeration. I am sure you do useful things with it.

That said, yes, it is bloated and I wish you could really turn off all telemetry. Am totally with you on that.

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

And then it shows you ads, too!

[-] pirrrrrrrr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Wait... You paid for Windows? And it was version 8 or newer?

[-] spagnod@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Linux distros: veggie

[-] ferralcat@monyet.cc 2 points 1 year ago

You can download windows (direct from Ms) for free now. Does that make it better?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

But then you can't change the wallpaper! THE WALLPAPER!

[-] gens@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Last time i paid for windows was 98se. And xp, but that was a blatant illegal copy (from a legit store, with new laptop). Back then it was far too expensive, but still worth it compared to win1x now.

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