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Windows 11½

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  1. accrual · · focus · HN ↗
    This is insanely good and mimics my personal experience of Windows these days. I literally say "pop-up! pop-up! pop-up!" out loud during a normal workday where one pop-up or prompt is rapidly replaced by another. Same app or different, doesn't matter, there's always something trying to grab attention on a Windows desktop unless you configure the hell out of it (and even that is no longer enough).

    My favorite "joke" from this site:

    > Scan complete: 1 threat found — ChromeSetup.exe

    FWIW, I switched to Fedora in January and have no plans to look back. Only $dayjob relies on Windows anymore.

    1. MarkusWandel · · focus · HN ↗
      "always something trying to grab attention", that's the root problem right there. Even on a work computer unless you've changed your homepage, every time you open a tab on Edge you get a screen full of distraction clickbait. And then you wonder why you never manage to concentrate any more.
      1. creaturemachine · · focus · HN ↗
        Whoever curates the Edge homepage knows they have mere seconds to capture a new recruit before they manage to escape to a different browser. Their jobs depend on the amount of bait they can dump in one window.
        1. saghm · · focus · HN ↗
          Imagine they just made the browser actually better so that people would want to use it, rather than doubling down on the reasons people don't want to use it
          1. Henchman21 · · focus · HN ↗
            Nonsense. Users don’t think and it’s absurd that you suggest it. These are important revenue streams for the company!

            /s if you need it

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