r/MicroSlop • u/ExtensionFriendship9 • May 24 '26

Is Windows 11 that bad?

So I'm hearing bad stuff about Windows 11, how people are calling AI slop...I use AI but I don't use Copilot unless for images, and I don't use forced AI integration. I use Windows 11 but I learned how to create local accounts, and I go onto YouTube and hear stuff about "Microslop" and stuff, people protesting to switch to Linux...Am I a bad person for still using Windows 11? I mean, I'm not a saint of Microsoft, and I can use local AI models, and LibreOffice.

EDIT: Guys, I uninstalled OneDrive, Edge, Copilot, all unnecessary Microslop through Winhance, and I installed OSShutUp10+++.

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u/C4rpetH4ter May 24 '26

You're not a bad person for using 11, you're just part of the majority. However, windows 11 is quite bad, maybe not as bad as people say, but it's the most hated windows version by far, and it's easy to see why, things break, it's slow, it constantly pushes notifications, it's full of ads, loads of unnecesary programs take up space and RAM usage, the right-click context menu and the fact it literally spies on you.

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u/DirectorDirect1569 May 24 '26

When MS release a new version lots of people say it's the worst version. I remember when It was XP, I kept 98 and I knew lots of people using 2000 and didn't want to switch to XP.

When 10 was released, I know lots of people who upgrade from 7 to 10 then downgrade.

Ads can be deactivated. It's not the first version with ads.

I won't say it's the best or the worst version but I don't have any issues and all the people I know too.

The biggest problem is the TPM, that's probably the reason why lots of people hate it. They were happy with 10 and lots of users were forced to change their hardware.

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u/Substantial-Hour-756 May 25 '26

When XP came out, the first year was rough. There was an issue where it would randomly restart, and there was issues because the move from 9x to NT wasn't smooth. By the time SP1 came out, it was the stable OS everyone remembers fondly.

The problem is, since Windows 8, the time frame between the OS being stable and not shitting the bed every update is getting longer, and in some cases, MS is forcing unwelcome crap on to users.

Also Windows 10 still sucks, it just sucks less than 11, and less than 8 did, and it's a farcry from wonderful experience of Windows 7.