fonpaolo wrote: ↑April 17th, 2020, 8:58 pm
Sorry jsmorley, I still complain like as in the old days...
Couldn't reply sooner as I've taken a nap in the meantime
, but I agree with you on the W10 hiding stuff and MS criticism. MS are just incompetents these days, W10 is downright offensive, dangerous and defies users like many of the big companies' products in all areas (this attitude goes beyond software or economics nowadays, but that's another - albeit related - topic) ... however, apart from that, the OS is quite stable (bar some major updates breaking stuff, see incompetence) and closer to W7 rather than Vista/W8 in terms of "overall feeling" when using it.
That being said, a lot has to do with the version you're using, the additional software you install to help you fight its shortcommings, and the ways one finds to make the OS do things his way and not the company's ways (the so called "hacks"). Other than that, regarding user opinions, it's hard to convince people that something is not the way it should be, especially when one comes from a free and highly customisable environment and the other is either getting used to or brainwashed into accepting a more or less restricted and obtuse environment. Human nature is something of a paradox: while having the great advantage of being able to use intelligence to take decisions, it's still subject of self-inflicting damage options being shoved down their throats (willingly or not)...
