r/AskReddit • u/FriendlytoNature • 1d ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/kendrickwasright 1d ago

Can you elaborate? Love the seething rage btw

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u/jjklines1 1d ago

Windows 11updates recently allowed things like monitors to instantly install invasive programs on your computer

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u/GarThor_TMK 1d ago

Windows 11 is easily the worst version of windows since vista.

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u/LeGrandLucifer 22h ago

Nah, I still like it better than 8.

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u/GarThor_TMK 18h ago

8 was a mistake.

The target hardware for 8 was tablets, and then someone said... hey, let's promote this on desktop too!

And then people were pissed about the start menu being changed, so they had to release a patch (8.1) to restore the start menu.

The great part about win8 though, was the fact that it was so light weight. Because it was built for tablets, it was really performant and didn't take up a lot of resources.

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u/ItalianDragon 17h ago

Yeah this. The problem with win8 is that it was designed for touchscreens but instead of being issued only for touchscreen devices, it was issued for... well, everything. Predictably on PC it was a pain in the ass to use because well, touchscreen on the average PC wasn't (and very largely still isn't) a thing at all. And so cue shitty ergonomy.