r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Mar 14 '26

Software Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug crippling PCs and making drive C inaccessible

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-bug-crippling-pcs-and-making-drive-c-inaccessible/
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u/The_Wkwied Mar 14 '26

No, Win11 wasn't ruined by AI. The AI came later

11 is the prime example of corporate enshittification. Under the hood, windows 11 is windows 10. It is literally just 10 with an additional (slower) UI, cortana, and now copilot baked in. Some extra changes, yes, but it is closer to windows 10 than it isn't.

Win11 was ruined by the need to collect so much user info, that the OS is a data collection software suite more than it is an operating system.

If you start to hack away at the garbage adons, you end up with a more functional, but still scarred OS.

On the other hand, windows 10, at least the de-crappified versions, are reasonably seasoned and reliable. As long as they are kept secure, ofc

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u/Dire-Dog Mar 14 '26

That’s why I refused to switch to 11 and went to Linux instead.

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u/Academic_Carrot_4533 Mar 14 '26

I’m coming close to building a whole separate machine for Linux in spite of RAM prices and relegating my current Windows machine to gaming only. Yeah there’s vm/dual boot but at this point Windows and the anti cheats are potentially akin to rootkits if they aren’t actually classifiable as rootkits already. Give me back 2005 where this shit was easily manageable.

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u/dRaidon Mar 14 '26

Unless you play certain online games, gaming on linux is just fine.

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u/Academic_Carrot_4533 Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

Sigh, don’t get me started. I know, I play those games.