„Sicherheitskatastrophe“ – 500 Millionen Microsoft-Benutzer sagen Nein zu Windows 11

It feels like we go through one of these „Security Disasters“ once every 5 years or so as old versions of Windows lose mainstream support. 🤷

Microsoft gave us a never ending parade of popups, notifications and right away ads for choosing Edge as default browser, install some AI crap or whatever random app/service some corpo committee had puked. The only sensible reaction is learning to ignore absolutely everything Windows ask us. They trained us so well in ignoring their messages that there’s a billion people that „just don’t see upgrading as worth the hassle, even when the option to do so is sitting right in front of them“

If Windows 11 didn’t remove a bunch of features the Windows 10 had maybe switching wouldn’t be as bad. But they even removed the double stacked taskbar.

They made this security disaster by shoving intrusive, manipulative crap down their users‘ throats. Maybe they should think about their users needs and wants instead of their ever-growing greed for a change.

The only thing keeping me on windows 10 is Battlefield. If it ever becomes playable on steamOS I’m installing that. I’ve been using Linux and MacOS for work for years, so the switch will be a welcomed one

Cough cough ESU patcher cough cough cough

Windows 11 is not a safe or secure O/S. They are storing and transmitting far too much invasive personal data, and there will be breaches both on Microsoft side of things and the average users.

You can’t even guarantee that your files and system are yours to use any more; there’s been several cases of people loosing access to their work and data because of Bitlocker & Windows account being mandatory.

And to top it off with the plan to add ‚Agentic Ai‘ to W11 that Microsoft themselves have admitted can be manipulated into installing malware and/or manipulating your system, things are only going to get worse.

Thankfully there is MacOS and more ideally, Linux as alternatives. I highly encourage anyone that cares at all about protecting their work, data, and just simple ownership of their system, to make the switch today.

What a piece of crap article. It doesn’t say anything. No wonder people only read the title

„I said at the time that this was a mistake. The extended security updates (ESU) should have been limited to users with older PCs, others should have been mandated to upgrade.“

What an ass.

I built my computer in 2018 with a 1st generation ryzen cpu, it’s only 7 years old and it works fine. But those 1st gen ryzen cpus arent compatible with windows 11. I dont want to have to spend extra money and swap out my cpu just to upgrade my hardware for windows 11. 

They can blow it out their ass. I’m not junking perfectly good machines that could easily run Windows 11 if not for the dumb requirements. And no I don’t want to do any of the methods to work around and install Windows 11 anyways. Either they drop the requirements and allow perfectly capable machines to upgrade or I’ll stick on Windows 10 until I literally cannot anymore due to some software I use ending the ability to work on Windows 10.

I’d have to get a new computer because apparently Windows 11 won’t run on mine. I’m not getting a new computer just for more AI corporate ad-filled garbage.

Good riddance.

I’ve watched windows slowly take over its partition as each successive update eats more and more of the system resources.

Who has the money to buy a new computer every few years? Far better to choose a different operating system altogether.

I’ve never been happier since I switched to Mac, I only use windows for gaming, which I barely do nowadays. Not wasting my time on their shenanigans

Windows 11 is ok. But with them patching all the MS account workarounds and shoving AI down our throats, I’ve had enough. Once I can get all the shit I want working in Linux, I’m switching to Nobara as my daily driver. I have it in a dual boot and it’s pretty decent.

I fucking hate microsoft.

Maybe because it’s almost completely malware now. Your user data is sold to 3rd parties, the home button pulls up ads, it defaults to OneDrive saving at random, keeps shoving co-pilot down our throats, and has become a slow bloated mess.

North Korean Computers do less spying on their own citizens than this shit.

It’s never been ‚easier‘ to upgrade to the next iteration of windows, yet I don’t want to, because that version has AI embedded in it. They’ve overreached extensively at this point. The greed has completely taken control and they’re trying to force their way in, anywhere they can.

It isn’t about what provides the best experience for the customer now. It’s how much can we prod the users to profit without any push back? Now they are seeing the pushback. They created their own problem. All Windows has to be is a customizable tool/interface so I can work, play or do whatever I want. That’s ALL it needs to be.

Windows 11 is a worse security disaster. This article is assuming newer software is better, usually a safe assumption, not so here.

I’m still on Windows 10 since I was eligible for the extra year of security updates (also I haven’t heard of anybody being ineligible yet).

I’ll be making the switch to Linux shortly. I’ve used Ubuntu a ton in the past, but I haven’t decided on which distro I’ll land on this time.

Why would I want to be forced into making changes I don’t want? I don’t like the look or feel of windows 11. I hate their AI initiatives, I hate their hardware requirements for a fucking OS update, which is insane on its own. Microsoft had all my love and threw it away, just like hundreds of millions of computers because of this shit. What a waste. I’d rather figure out how to get my shit running on Linux than go to windows 11 at this point.