Pretty sure you can disable that from happening.

​@@roboto420@roboto420 the ability to turn off the web search function gets reset every update if you adjust the registry entry Disabling the web search now requires disabling the search indexer via registry which can be helpful for some but fundamentally breaks the search function on anything more than a single small SSD Most versions of Linux let you select exactly what your quick search function searches for and indexes from the user interface

I use StartAllBack or classic shell.

i only use powertoys run right now, with the everything plugin

..You know you can just turn internet search off (at least on Windows 10), right?

This might be true if you pay for updates forever.

Until Windows 13. 14 will be the last. No more after 15. 16 will be the final version. But 17 will be more final. You'll never need another after 18. Other than 19, being the end game. Windows 20 will be the Penultimate version. But you can't go past 21 without going bust. Unless you have Windsor 22. But it's just the first half of 23. 24 will the the 3rd half of it. It's fine as 25 will be the Final Quarter. 26 will go into overtime. 27 will be Sudden Death. 28 will be the final nail in the coffin. 29 will be a walking zombie. 30 will be a session of Walking Dead where the zombie jumps over a shark. 31 will...

⁠@@psilimitbe Microsoft bankruptcy announcement from lack of subscriptions.

Yeah, wasn't Windows 10 supposed to be the last version? 😅

@@savagesarethebest7251 Yeah, that's why they skipped Windows 9

You will have it. Just won't have access to it. Kind of like when auto manufactures lock you out of heated seats.

@@SwarmofAngryBees yep and it will still spy on you without you using it.

​@@SwarmofAngryBeesthat isn't the case with the copilot AI, it actually costs them money every time you use it

Exactly!

Even if I want an AI, Microsoft copilot probably isn't the right AI for everyone

they are mostly talking about the pre installed software like xbox games. There are no add popups on windows unless you have a virus

​@@jshklsn for adverts also read upselling. Microsoft are constantly upselling their products to Windows 11 users; Xbox, office, AI assistant, even Outlook has "premium" Then there's the unsolicited app icons that appear on the start menu and pre installed Spotify. If you install "N" and enterprise edition Windows you get less of that. If you install Linux you get none of that.

@@jshklsn the outlook app has ads. Anyway its time for routers with adblock and firewalls.

@@kylel1724 I don't know about Windows 11 (I'm avoiding updating as long as I can), but Windows 10 has a "feature" that puts app recommendations in the startup menu unless you turn it off.

@@jshklsn am in india and don't get ads apart from bing suggestions creeping up to me

Already a thing where I am. You pay the telecompany x dollars a month and they throw a phone in every year to 18 months. I don't get that, because being here already means I'm a techbro.

Go rent one then.

If a company is providing continuous service, like a telcom, I think that's a good use-case for a subscription. I think the people who finance their phones with that subscription, are pointlessly paying a lot more money for their phone than if they would just buy it in one transaction. The telcom is providing continuous service, but in the case of a phone, its a bank providing the financing service, which is completely pointless unless you're very poor. I don't think Windows is providing continuous service. Once the operating system update is deployed, that service ends until the next one is deployed. Windows doesn't make your PC, they just write code that makes your PC more convenient. You're not going to convince me that Windows should be a subscription model, because for the last 30 years they've proven that their current business model is fine. I'm fine with lump payment for a major update, but not for security updates, because the security of Windows is just as much as a liability to Microsoft as it is to me. Essentially, Microsoft isn't doing those security updates to provide value to users, they're doing it to avoid being sued by their users. I don't think a Windows Subscription is equitable to the customer because an Operating System provider can not provide commensurate updates per/month to go along with my monthly payment. The needs of users are just not that emergent when it comes to the OS. Operating system features move very slowly and the value of them varies greatly from person to person. Also Microsoft will be under pressure to provide new updates more frequently, which will just turn Windows into something ridiculous like World Of Warcraft, where they have to keep inventing new things and hyping them up so it seems like you're getting value for your monthly sub. Operating systems are already too bloated. I would like to see Software Providers choose business models that don't favor pointless features and more boat.

@@Necropheliac I disagree with you. Microsoft does not HAVE to issue security patches. MS-DOS had no security patches, and yet there were viruses and hackers back then as well. Microsoft is also something you don't HAVE to HAVE. You can have a computer with no O/S at all if you want. What I am saying is, you have choices, everyone has choices. This is what capitalism is about. You go to the store because you need shampoo. You can choose A. Shampoo, B. Shampoo, or even decide not to wash your hair. It's all up to the consumer. There are many programs that have subscriptions. World of Warcraft comes to mind first, but there are also others. Paying for a windows subscription would not bother me whatsoever. If you like, then you can switch to Linux. Or you can switch to apple. or you can just use android devices. I ALWAYS buy things outright with cash. If I don't have the cash, then I don't buy it. I literally owe no company, no person, no hospital and no doctor any money whatsoever. How is that possible? Save up until you have the money to buy or do what you like. If you don't make enough at your job, work harder, get another job. I worked 17 hours a day 6 days a week for 19 years.

It's a feature, but it should not be a bonus or optional feature. It should be standard at every level.

Bitlocker isn't secure so what's the point of using it anyway?

​@notjustforhackers4252 in what way is it not secure?

@@Siorse The keys are stored on Microsoft servers and they have access to your "encrypted" device and/or files. Veracrypt is a better solution on Windows.

@notjustforhackers4252 As far as I am aware, the keys are only stored on their servers if you allow that and have the keys linked to your microsoft account, which isn't a requirement to use bitlocker, as you can use bitlocker with a local PC account completely offline. There has been no evidence of any backdoor or security issue with bitlocker that I am aware of. That said veracrypt is an excellent solution for people who would prefer to go down that route. It just runs the risk of breaking with windows updates and such.

MS policy at that time was "we don't care if kids are pirating Windows, because at least that means they're not using Linux"

To be sure though it's not because MS is benevolent. It would be incredibly stupid to fight it. Those people are never going to be your customers. If Taylor Swifts albums came prepackaged and installed on almost every new stereo and listening device, it would also be incredibly dumb to fight piracy for Swifty music.

Microsoft Makes most of their Windows revenue from the Corporate world, so in my opinion Microsoft has never been all that much affected by Piracy, because most of their corporate customers are not paying for the OS, but rather paying for the SLA's with Microsoft.

And your workflow doesn't hang on strings of Microsoft's promises how it's the last OS ever

General audio device management and switching has been working amazingly since Ubuntu LTS22. Before it had about the same level of annoyances as windows but the workarounds could be automated easier/cleaner. One example would be I had to almost always after wake up disable and reenable the headset for it to work in the audio settings. Ubuntu had something similar, so I guess it was about timings and firmware boot ups. But there I could just add all the audio restarts/scans that could be required into one script. So I would just do em preemptively every time in case they where necessary. While under windows it was: Oh, it doesn't work again. So it's time to push the GUI for 2 minutes because there is no other interface to this. Yeah, windows was so much easier, try to explain that 2 minutes of GUI pushing to the average user. In my experience the best case would be a 5 minute phone call, but realistically 15 minutes. Still waiting for this system that "just works".

It's my computer, not Microsoft's. I won't a subscription to be able to use it. (If these rumors turn to be true)

I switched 2022 I think and I would never go back. I don't have to deal with any of Microsoft's crap, and I get to customize my desktop *exactly* how I want it. Yea, It's not perfect, but imo Windows was way worse overall.

​@@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece pipewire replaced pulseaudio. thank god.

i legit put steam OS on a 2nd computer. and its kinda decent and amazing. sure i mostly use it for gaming beside my steam deck. but the more i use it. the more i like it. and the less im using 10. the steam pc i also got my printer to work on it.

So many say this but I promise you'll be back It just takes finding 1 necessary piece of software you rely on and jave forgotten you rely on that is incompatible with Linux for you to come back I speak from experience here, I tried moving to Linux, but I use an app called audio relay to use my phone as a mic, while it has a Linux app, it's not that great, multiple hours of troubleshooting and I never got it working The easier solution was going back to windows Moving to Linux isn't simple, it takes time to learn it, and trying to daily drive something your unfamiliar with is painful Trust me, Linux is not ready, your better off with macOS

as much as i hate to say it because i hate microsoft as a company windows 11 installed through rufus is a hell of alot better i was was deadset on staying on 10 but after trying 11 i can say its windows 10 but leaner and lighter with a lot features windows needed

@@flamingscar5263 You were the problem, not Linux. Like you said "something your unfamiliar with is painful" boo hoo. Oh and you could have just used KDE Connect to use your phone as a mic.

11 is still a thing

@@flamingscar5263if you encounter issues with software, you can try different software. Obviously linux isn't perfect (and it will take a long time to be non-techie-friendly), but for this particular issue there are like 5 other solutions, including DroidCam and some direct PulseAudio shenanigans

Inb4 microsoft mandates locked down UEFI and Secure Boot to only work with Windows and rejects non-Windows USB installers

​@@TylerFurrisonyeah Europe would smack that down pretty quickly if they tried to be honest.

I mean, Microsoft doesn't seem as afraid anymore (see Edge)@@TheAtqthe30th

@@TylerFurrison That would actually land them in hot water and give a very credible argument for a anti-monopoly suit which is something they're trying to avoid because even the US is (very) slowly getting on the smacking down mega corporation train. Apple only really gets away with it because they're not the dominant player in this market.

@@TylerFurrisonTime to learn EFI Shell then

Bro they put ads in Windows 10 after saying it'd only be on Windows 11. You can't trust Microsoft to make good decisions.

Apple has been doing all kinds of subscriptions for years and nobody says anything. Let them try, we'll see

Even if entire computers become subscription-based the majority of the users will still take the bait. Don't underestimate Windows users.

or, y'know, just use open source software to pirate windows no security concerns and it's a lot simpler

​@@4cps777Not at all feasible in a corporate environment, you will get instantly sued.

@Splitpersun It's legal to run your own legitimate kms server, Microsoft built that functionality for businesses. However under no circumstances is it legal to outright pirate Windows.

fake story linux shill

@@Kingcloudii what made you think that the story is fake? Here are some clarifications in advance: the windows issue happened because the color mode of my display was randomly changing from Full RGB to YCbCr 4:2:2. Going from an Nvidia GPU to the AMD one fixed the issue, I guess it was something to do with the driver-OS communication edge case

@@Kingcloudii nah, modded is so fickle that it totally will just randomly give you double or half fps based on operating system or amd vs nvidia or whatever, the thing they dont mention is how you'll have the inverse effect in other packs lol

Why would someone need to shill free software lmao

​@@deathwilldie7741Ask console fanboys

I'm yet to see "normal" people complain about Windows. It feels like they perceive it as some sort of God's gift and not realize that every horrible decision is made by a real human and it doesn't have to be this way

@@qunas101 Anecdotally, at my retail job most of the complaints are usually hardware related e.g. buying a low end POS with an Atom or Celery CPU and finding it slow and/or unable to play games.

Start looking now. There's loads of opinions and loads of good Linux versions out there. Here's my opinion; if you are on Windows because you didn't choose your OS go with Pop!_OS because that is built for people who don't care what OS they're running they just to get their work done I do all my work and gaming on Pop!_OS (except for the steam deck, which is still Linux)

@@ThePlayerOfGames I'd really recomend KDE Neon or maybe Kubuntu for new users, unless they're using NVIDIA, then Pop!_OS is a good choice, due to them dealing with NVIDIA for you lol

@@mathman0569 exactly everyone has an opinion. Personally mine originates from switching Windows users to something that looks clearly not-Windows in order to give them a visual reminder that whilst the workflows are generally the same the underlying system *is* different. Such as not going out on the internet to find programs and just using the app store to bring them to you relatively safely. I take it yours is related to presenting something that looks a carbon copy of Windows?

Bug my ass, they've had "bugs" like this ever since windows 7, taking away more and more features that have been part of the core UI/UX. Switching to Linux with my next machine.

They've consistently removed features from Windows 11. The entire fucking operating system might as well be a bug. I don't get why people don't realize this. They are using Windows 11 as an experiment to see what they can get away with. You see people all over the place defending Windows 11 and saying it's fine or even better. They want to see how much they can take away while still retaining a userbase. Everyone has a breaking point. However, many are very ok with Microsoft completely stripping down the entire operating system while still retaining its bloated features. It baffles me everyday how many people even praise them for removing basic user functionality

Voice / face presence recognition lockouts. Still concerning though.

😂

That's probably because it's a propper retail license (only oem licenses are hardware locked) If you have a microsoft account, your license can even be transfered to a new pc 👍

@@AkabI thought as much I was honestly expecting him to be using an OEM key for a give away since those were cheaper just got lucky I guess.

The fun part about this is it’s not even ai at that point, it’s just good development. Shoving AI into everything instead of just designing and developing good tools is infuriating to me

MS is selling both offline versions and subscriptions for Office Suite. Everyone will be fine.

@@its_Jere it's probally less time, though it's hard to predict, if valve keeps on hard pushing linux, it's hard to see how linux problems won't be fixed. Plus currently on steam linux had more users than MacOS, which is funny

Linux unfortunately can’t cover most of us who do music production and audio recording. Yes there are alternatives but I wouldn’t ditch good plugins for unknown alternatives that aren’t even as good.

@@mathman0569 How many of those are SteamOS/Steamdeck users though? That doesn't translate to desktop/laptop computers necessarily. I'm sure there's a lot of people with Steamdecks that still use Windows as their primary on their desktop.

They cannot compete. it's the same as Steam

Microsoft can make every part of Windows subscription-based and the majority of its users wouldn't care and would just pay up, no problem.

@@MichaelDustter I was semi-sarcastic, but seriously its not far fetched at all. I'm not the one who's naive, its the large amount of fanboys and the like. I'm jist making fun of them. Apparently, you're on the fewer side of people.

Real??

@Chronically_ChiII yeah it should work with most keys.

Yo... you're right

they probably don't use GPT-4 itself, they probably use a smaller model and GPT just checks the answer of the smaller one.

@@ea_naseer in any case, its not a feature that needs GPT in any capacity. I made a digital assistant as my college project who could change light mode to dark mode. lol.

you are expecting them to modular the base OS when they can't even modularise A/B update window updates to reduce the restarts needed...

@@PrograError... Most of these features are already modularized...

I think at one point I had 10 legit windows keys just from having access to work's and uni's MSDN access.

Problem is as soon as that code is open all the proton and wine devs are going to have an open season and perfect there respective softwares as suddenly the "you may not use Windows code" goes away and well that's going to be a massive leg up for Linux and believe me Microsoft is not letting that happen.

@@john-vince5311 TBH they don't need to open source everything... AOSP IIRC also didn't open source everything, only important files related to implementing AOSP version... plus we would get skins like Androids much easier than the hobsmack of EXEs to allow better customisation... MS could FOSS the related calls and only maintain their own base OS and their own "flavour" as Windows as per usual, the other authors would be allowed to create their own skins to fit the work they need (tho hypothetically that might cannibalize linux...)