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When did Windows start going downhill? (piefed.ca)
submitted 4 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/ask@piefed.social
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I would say with the release of windows 8.

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[–] scallisto@retrofed.com 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I feel like it's probably around Windows 8 too, they started tacking on MS store, Xbox, and other stuff nobody wanted. Vista and 7 has also added various telemetry bits, unstable updates, that sort.

Windows 10 was definitely when that accelerated though, forced MS account, sooooo much bloat, etc. And Windows 11 is a disaster for everyone (except the shareholders and data brokers)