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Have you considered Linux?
It's arguably worse there. You got regular settings + GNOME Tweaks + a bunch of settings that can only be changed via CLI or some .ini file.
Sounds like "Tweak UI" all over again. (Yes, I am that old. And thanks to Mr Chen for that wonderful tool).
This is interesting as a blog article from 2003 "Why doesn't Windows have an 'expert mode'?"[0] was posted here a couple weeks ago. [1] The reasoning was that users self-rating at being advanced because they are good in one domain might lead them to messing with things they have no idea on. I suppose the flaw is that people find ways to mess with stuff regardless, even if just following the first google result's inst…
I was alone on my personal computer and kept wondering "who is my administrator?"
Took me a while to figure out that it was me.
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Have you considered Linux?
It's arguably worse there. You got regular settings + GNOME Tweaks + a bunch of settings that can only be changed via CLI or some .ini file.
FWIW, I like Cinnamon best, but I also like KDE and XFCE (plus, XFCE works especially well over remote desktops and inside virtual machines). I've never cared for later versions of GNOME and ran away screaming.
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I would love concept of "adult computing", where I can mark a checkbox "I herby guarantee that I'm not going to blame $company for me being a moron and installing malware/destabilizing device due to changing random options". Then device starts behaving like piece of hardware I own, shows error messages that actually tell something and in general doesn't assume if I drop dead if presented with more than two buttons on…
Do you also agree to pay me compensation if your computer is part of a bot ring that is ddos’ing me or spamming me or spamming my users, because you installed malware? Can you put up a bond for this or proof that you carry insurance for this?
Edit: but honestly if I could pass "driver test" for computer, pay insurance in the range of my car insurance and it would mean that I will never meet error message without details and I would not ever be locked out from configuring my device, however I please, I would take that deal.
I miss Windows XP / 7, everything went downhill after.
Comments like these make me wonder if you are looking back with rose colored glasses. You didn't mention Vista, which is universally regarded as a failure and in the same timeframe as you described. While some of Microsoft's more regrettable decisions have yet to be made by 7, but there are still plenty of bad ones to choose from. Games for Windows Live, Fisher Price UI, massive software vulnerability, Office "ribbon…
Remove telemetry and ads?
No settings needed — there's always the "I wasn't asking" approach of deleting the DLLs that contain the code for these misfeatures.
Where's the power user setting to turn off all the enshittification?
It’s called “install Linux”
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Hey, don't stop them now - I'm having a great time watching Windows independently recreate every complaint about Linux GUIs:D If you thought QT/GTK was bad, wait 'til you see multiple styles and not-quite-overlapping settings panels from a single company!
E-Mail (32-Bit) ... Just leaving this here