I switched to Linux recently, you can too. It's easy and works well now. No more of this bullshit from Microsoft.
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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Enshittification
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What is enshittification?
The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
The lifecycle of Big Internet
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
Embrace, extend and extinguish
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
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Which version? And for those of us yet to switch, are there any handy guides that you'd recommend?
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It boggles the mind the things MS does to their OS without any apparent shame.
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At this point anyone that voluntary uses windows is just braindead. I love Linux but if you don't wanna use that then even Mac is better than that... For now
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Linux baby
Feels good
That just raises the next question of which text editor to use
EMACS, EMACS, EMACS!
Text editor, not OS!
Just use your DE's default default. Like Kate in KDE.
NotepadQQ if you like Notepad++
I was expecting an eMacs vs vi flame war but somehow you’ve managed to piss off both camps by using a GUI. Well done.
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Next step: add IA to minesweeper and solitaire under a paywall
LOL that's like peak enshittification right there.
Fuck Microsoft. Why bringing Notepad to Microsoft 365 service in the first place? OneNote isn't good?
who asked for this, I get the article sucks. but like.... it's just supposed to be a simple text editor and I think I'm right to worry about what will happen to the features that don't make the money. the people saying.. just don't pay for it if you don't wanna use it.. didn't change the fact that this is just additional bloat added to something that doesn't even need it....
they literally already have vscode, which is fantastic.. why not just push that a little harder and add features like these over there and not into flipping notepad xD
the tabbing functionality is a godsend and requested. this just feels weird imo