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Windows 10's extended support ends in eight months, but users are still rejecting Windows 11, at least in Germany (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] timwa@lemmy.snowgoons.ro 2 points 4 hours ago

I gave up with MacOS a couple of years ago (after nearly a lifetime of using them - my first 'own' Mac was a Lombard PowerBook G3 - lovely machine,) because it became increasingly apparent that Apple had stopped caring about the desktop operating system and were intent on turning it into a mobile phone with a keyboard and bigger screen.

Annoying desktop bugs - like constantly (and randomly) forgetting the resolution and position of second displays, not powering up external USB drives properly after sleep, and (as a developer) endlessly having to fight with "why is my build suddenly broken? oh, MacOS decided it doesn't trust the linker again" type problems just wore me out. Every time they released some pointless new UI fluff but ignored the fact that the Finder had been essentially unusable since Mac OS X (because why should you be using the Finder anyway, you should just trust that your files are stored in Magic Apple Cloud Land...) just reminded me they really didn't care about desktop users, they just want desktops as accessories to their mobile phones.

So, I cut the cord and finally switched to Linux on the desktop. Which is a shame, because they do make some really nice hardware...

(Although now that I'm actively trying to cut all US suppliers out of my life, it's actually been a blessing.)