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My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore (www.howtogeek.com)
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[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

The author hopes for a future version of Windows that offers more user control and less interference from Microsoft's software-as-a-service products.

Currently there is zero incentive for Microsoft to do this, and only upside potential to keep doing what they're doing.

You'd need thousands of companies to abandon their dependency on Windows, Office, and the entire Microsoft ecosystem for them to change course now.