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Microsoft Needs Windows Lite, No telemetry, no spying, no ads, no AI, no .NET, to retain gamers and developers (philipbohun.com)
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Microsoft is losing Builders fast. They're switching to MacOS and Linux. The biggest pull keeping people on Windows, outside of shear inertia, is content creation and gaming. However, even these are falling to Linux.

Without Builders, you don't have software, and without software, you don't have users. This is why Microsoft needs Windows Lite.

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[–] 124 points 1 month ago (3 children)

.NET is just a runtime, not problematic at all, and definitely doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with ads, spyware, and AI.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    It's probably Microsofts best product

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Probably Microsoft's best stupidest name too, except maybe renaming the remote desktop app to "Windows App".

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  • [+] -14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    But it's so sloooowwww

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Compares to what? Electron apps or ffmpeg level of assembler?

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  • [–] -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Native?!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Native what? AoT compiled dotnet code? Bad C++ code?

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