Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quiet Enterprise Install of Beta 'Photos' App

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Post by m463 » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 4:18 AM UTC

Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quiet Enterprise Install of Beta 'Photos' App
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Post by matchbok3 » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 4:28 AM UTC

It's crazy to me how MS continue to do stuff like this. Ads in the start menu, anti-user UX, spam apps, etc. Every time I think their behavior will change and I am always disappointed.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC

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Post by diego_sandoval » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC

matchbok3 wrote: post #2

It's crazy to me how MS continue to do stuff like this. Ads in the start menu, anti-user UX, spam apps, etc. Every time I think their behavior will change and I am always disappointed.

Why would you think that their behavior will change?

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Post by wewewedxfgdf » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC

No-one is in charge of Windows.

Or more specifically, the people in charge of Windows have no clue about anything.

Satya Nadella has trashed Xbox and trashed Windows.

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Post by burnt-resistor » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC

This is not the worst enterprise failure Microsoft has pushed from inadequate testing in recent memory. Around 2021, the Defender enterprise second tier plan pushed out under-tested defs that considered most desktop and start menu shortcuts to be "malware", and removed them silently. Users by the 100's/1k's freaked out when it looked like their apps were removed, causing nothing short a help desk sev 1 emergency.

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Post by jojobas » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC

That's a non-response if I've ever seen one.

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Post by addy34 » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC

"We are incubating a new photos experience in OneDrive"

MS no longer build apps it seems, but instead incubate experiences...What a comms team.

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Post by bambax » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:57 AM UTC

Why Windows Entreprise PCs have 'Images', 'Videos' and 'Music' folders that can't be deleted is beyond me. If I want to store music on my work PC I can create a folder for that, but why force it on me??