Remember, they said Windows 10 was the last version you'd need. The last version.
In a country full of people that get a chub at the thought of litigation why hasn't this angle been pursued?
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2025
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Windows 10 is definitely the last version of Windows I’ll run on my own machines.
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Because in the USA, private individuals don't have meaningful access to the legal system. Realistically, the best you could possibly hope for in a case like this would be a settlement in a class action where every Windows 10 user who's willing to jump through a bunch of hoops ends up with a seven dollar check in half a decade.
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Backlash is actually losing business, what they are really getting is a lot of whining from people who never do anything anyway.
It was the same with Windows 95, XP, then Vista, then 8 and 10 and now 11.
Very few who are used to Windows will abandon it just because it's becoming a surveillance hellscape of forced updates, advertising and other annoyances.
Microsoft is posting record profits on their way down, just like Intel did 10 years ago.
That said Microsoft is still in a better position, and while Windows may lose relevancy, Microsoft has way more revenue coming from other sources than Intel had without X86.
Ill be honest. I never expected to leave windows but here i am doing my homework on Linux.
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You say that, yet Mac and Linux grew quite a bit over the past couple years. It's true, not everyone will drop Windows right after whatever bullshit they announce, but software and platforms are rarely abandonned over night.
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I didn't think I'd care enough to leave Windows but I've been on Linux for six? months now.
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I have some aging hardware (approaching 10 year old desktop PC) and I switched to Linux. I have to still use Windows at work but none of my personal computers are Windows anymore.
Microsoft can go kick rocks.
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Further comments may have been disabled, but a number of them are still up and are highly entertaining:
https://xcancel.com/pavandavuluri/status/1987942909635854336
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Yup. Got two days off, and I'm going Linux. If i can actually replace windows for what I need, then it looks like i just freed up some space on my nvme.
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Replaced the last Windows computer in the house with CachyOS this morning. Fuck off Microsoft.
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Microsoft Blog
The new Windows update adds Pat the Mouse, an AI-powered feature that predicts what you want to click on, and automatically does that for you.
The latest Windows update automatically writes the words you will not want to interpret C++ is an interpreted noodle is good.
The latest the Window update removes the toggles for AI features, as we believe the AI is the future. The keyboards and mouse were truly innovative invention, but now belongs to the pasts times.
Noodle is a noodle is a noodle is a beheaded flying chicken with caps written in ALL-CAPS.
This is why I'm glad PCs aren't locked down like phones and there's nothing stopping you from running an alt OS on the desktop yet.
Yet. Some exec at Microsoft is thinking "the problem is that PCs aren't locked down like phones and there’s nothing stopping you from running an alt OS on the desktop yet." If they can't force everyone to use their AI crap they'll lobby the US Government and give Donald Trump some fake award, and before you know it desktop Linux will be a crime just like fixing your own tractor is a crime.
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