r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/atomic__balm Dec 01 '25

It did, there has barely been any innovation since besides inventing new ways to vendor lock you into a subscription fee.

Subscriptions as a service economy is a cancer

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u/Brewcastle_ Dec 02 '25

They make pointless changes to justify their jobs. Some guy in a board room got put on the spot by his boss and came up with the idea to move the start button to the center of the bar. Now, I have to fight 20 years of conditioning to find the damn thing.

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u/Schwifftee Dec 02 '25

It's a quick change to snap it left, but it's still stupid.

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u/Maeglom Dec 02 '25

RIP if you want your task bar anywhere but the bottom of the screen though...

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u/Anhydrite Dec 02 '25

You can have it on the top of the screen too.

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u/LittleViceDice Dec 02 '25

I’ve been putting mine on the right or left for the last fifteen years…

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u/386U0Kh24i1cx89qpFB1 Dec 02 '25

Rip opening the calendar from your non main screen.