Microsoft shows full-screen Windows 11 upgrade ads with two 'yes' buttons

Post by Gigachad » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 1:36 AM UTC

viraptor wrote: post #110

Gigachad wrote: post #86

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I think they probably wanted the big yearly announcement posts that Android, iOS and macOS get. You don't get people whinging about having to update any other OS, which is funny because Windows tends to break stuff the least out of any of them. Perhaps if MS started releasing a numbered windows every year people would be less resistant to installing it.

> You don't get people whinging about having to update any other OS I think you just missed them. iOS gets constant issues - at least they stopped breaking the alarm clock. Each MacOS is a "what will I have to debug for a day this time" experience. Linux depends on a distribution, but Ubuntu at least is trying hard to join the release-breaking group. The only one I personally never complained about is Android. (I'm s…

Post by midoridensha » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 1:42 AM UTC

Gigachad wrote: post #107

betaby wrote: post #101

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Why it's out of date? Ubuntu prompts/install updates in the same ways as Windows.

Don’t know. Presumably the Ubuntu prompts were not as aggressive as the MS ones so the person just closed the window. While my grandma will just end up on Windows 11 without even knowing how which is exactly the “just works, can’t mess it up” setup these types of users need.

Post by wkat4242 » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 1:54 AM UTC

htag wrote: post #35

1. An operating system should only display something on the screen if it is in service of the user. This is in service to Microsoft, and a full screen display. 2. The two 'yes' buttons shows Microsoft is really shaky on the concept of consent. Why is Microsoft pushing Windows 11 so strongly? Is there an economic advantage for them to have a user on W11 instead of W10? I haven't owned or dailyed a Windows computer sin…

Post by Gigachad » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 1:55 AM UTC

midoridensha wrote: post #113

Gigachad wrote: post #107

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Don’t know. Presumably the Ubuntu prompts were not as aggressive as the MS ones so the person just closed the window. While my grandma will just end up on Windows 11 without even knowing how which is exactly the “just works, can’t mess it up” setup these types of users need.

Exactly. With Linux, the user has to actually click on the update icon, click a button to start the updates, then type in their password. For most users, that's just *way* too hard to do, so it never gets done. With Windows, it'll force updates on you at some point, so Grandma will be updated whether she wants to or not, even if she's in the middle of something. Users like that *need* this.

Post by wkat4242 » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 2:01 AM UTC

viraptor wrote: post #72

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #6

I mean, there is an option to stay on Windows 10 but man... Microsoft, really scraping the bottom of the barrel with that move. Though with only 18% of Windows users on Windows 11, and Windows 10 going EOL in 2 years supposedly... maybe they are that desperate. Having to extend Windows 10's service life would be humiliating.

I was really hoping they would stick to their "window 10 is the last windows" rolling release idea. They could've avoided this whole thing this way. (It could be still bad for the users though...)