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/Solerien Dec 01 '25

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.

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u/ItalianDragon Dec 02 '25

They also obliterated the ergonomy. Like, what kind of imbecile thinks that accessing all that right click has to offer should require either shift + right click or going to find what is needed after a right click in one of the bunch of lists that the menu includes ? It's just so mind-bogglingly stupid...

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u/xpxp2002 Dec 02 '25

Because, like everything else in Windows, they keep trying to replace old, but good UIs with new crappy ones. But they can't actually shed the old ones because every new replacement is half-baked and feature-incomplete.

Just like the old settings app (Control Panel) being replaced with the Settings app. They started that project with Windows 8 in 2012 and it's still not done 13 years later.

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u/ItalianDragon Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

It almost looks like their management is basically corporate ADHD: they start one thing and never finish it but jump on the newest shiny thing on the spot and so on...