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Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows (www.theverge.com)
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Microslop is going to spend 2026 improving Windows 11. It comes after Windows update quality issues and complaints about the operating system.

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[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 56 points 1 week ago

Rebuild trust?

  1. remove all telemetry
  2. remove all ai bullshit
  3. remove ads
  4. open source the whole code

Then, and only then, we might start to trust again.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

To add to this list

  1. Remove WebView apps. Eat our own dogfood and use MAUI.
  2. Go back to the classic Start Menu. Use API to make the whole UI available for customizations
  3. Get rid of the whole shitty "Settings" menu and go back to the Control Panel.
  4. Drop backwards compatibility for a bunch of crap. Stop pulling the 1980s forward, let that shit die.
  5. Address real modern issues with compatibility and performance with current CPUs
  6. Undo all the vibe coding.
  7. Focus on stability and performance, not trying to be "An experience". Windows runs apps, make it do that the best it can.
  8. For the love of everything holy, take a risk and modernize the OS. This goes back to 8. But as someone who makes Windows Server golden images for multiple platforms, FUCKING CHRIST. Having to use the Autounattend to even get anything started, and that's often (Even in Azure) just a minimal thing to get some client to do the real work, should tell you there's a problem. The Autounattend is poorly documented. I learned more from just building a basic VM on different providers and seeing what they figured out. I could write a god damn novel on the shortcomings of the initial installation and customization of Windows, but it's especially embarrassing for their Server platform
  9. Stop dropping support for the crap that works. Just so you can sell an inferior subscription version. WSUS being sunset is stupid. Having on-prem WSUS is always going to be faster and easier. You should focus on making that better instead of letting it limp along and then "Oh, we have an overpriced and slower option!" Get bent.
  10. Azure Local is a really fucking cool idea. That was an god awful pricing as far as I can tell. But neat.
[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago

I thought of some of those, but decided to add my point (4) and allow the community to do it right.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Oh no doubt, same. There's so much to be said. More than any one person should.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago
  1. Renew support for Windows 10.
[-] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Please dont do step 4. Devs will get heart attacks left and right if they see that piece of shit code.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No, it's a long-known fact that the Windows code has been shit for decades. That's been known since at least XP days I think. Pretty sure I first heard about it on TechTV

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 1 week ago

Hahahahahaha!! No, no, you've got a good point

[-] nodiratime@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

GLP2 at least and reproducible builds or bust.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

They can't open source their code because then people would rather rapidly discover all the backdoors they've built in for various US LE and Intelligence agencies.

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