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minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year ago Fast would be if windows 8 had ads and non uninstallable internet exploder etc Sounds like someone who doesn’t remember windows 8! Ads: https://hothardware.com/news/microsofts-big-hidden-windows-8-feature-builtin-advertising They were working on it… and had it working in several places. Uninstallable IE: https://www.technorms.com/34477/uninstall-internet-explorer-11 While not literally uninstallable… they definitely made it a lot harder. Windows 7 was the last good version of windows.
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minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThat goes for almost any software.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoInteresting - I didn’t know that. Thanks!
minus-square0xC4aE1e5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoFunny thing is that 8 had 2 LTSC-like versions: Embedded Industry and the EEAP builds. EEAP builds were released to partners (e.g. Nvidia and Intel) only. Industry Pro is like a precursor to modern day IoT LTSC.
minus-squarefrippa@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoWindows 8(.1) was still utter trash, I actually "down"graded to windows 7 at the time and it was a bliss. (it wasn’t the non-stop-ads kind of trash, but the UI suited a tablet more than a desk/laptop)
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago Yeah slowly, it started years ago but it’s been getting worse every version, slowly The freemium model was launched and completed with Win10.
minus-squaretofubl@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoIf only every Windows install came with an internet exploder! We wouldn’t have to read Elon Musk X fluff pieces on the news ever single day. And privacy concerns… What privacy concerns?
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Sounds like someone who doesn’t remember windows 8!
Ads: https://hothardware.com/news/microsofts-big-hidden-windows-8-feature-builtin-advertising
They were working on it… and had it working in several places.
Uninstallable IE: https://www.technorms.com/34477/uninstall-internet-explorer-11
While not literally uninstallable… they definitely made it a lot harder.
Windows 7 was the last good version of windows.
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it is
That goes for almost any software.
Why not XP SP3?
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Interesting - I didn’t know that. Thanks!
Funny thing is that 8 had 2 LTSC-like versions:
Embedded Industry and the EEAP builds.
EEAP builds were released to partners (e.g. Nvidia and Intel) only.
Industry Pro is like a precursor to modern day IoT LTSC.
Windows 8(.1) was still utter trash, I actually "down"graded to windows 7 at the time and it was a bliss.
(it wasn’t the non-stop-ads kind of trash, but the UI suited a tablet more than a desk/laptop)
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The freemium model was launched and completed with Win10.
If only every Windows install came with an internet exploder! We wouldn’t have to read Elon Musk X fluff pieces on the news ever single day. And privacy concerns… What privacy concerns?