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Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installation – OSnews (www.osnews.com)
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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works -1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

in the consumer versions, yes. but more generally that will still remain an option for some time at least.

for now, there's windows 10 LTSC, updates until 2032. I would get her this. after that she could still use windows 11 LTSC releases, which don't receive surprise function changes because businesses use it for critical things.

https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links

same site also has an open source forever activation tool

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I've used Massgrave, but that and the other things you mentioned are not options in this case.

A few years ago I helped a different friend when her printer quit working on Windows 10. What started as occasional help turned into near daily phone calls and demands for tech support to get the printer working again. Turned out her boyfriend was getting pissed off when he was playing a game and killing Windows with the power button on the PC.

Lesson learned.

I'm not willing to become anyone's tech support rep. I'll help this friend occasionally but won't go further than that.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

ok, but won't they also demand tech support for the mac? and if others can't give them help for windows, and you won't either, who will for the mac?

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Gotta laugh at the downvotes. Maybe you’d like to be her tech support?

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I did not downvote you

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Sorry I wasn't clear - I should have worded it differently. I meant to infer that I was referring to whomever did.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Apple.