Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏 @lemmy.one 11mo ago

I switched it off for a reason!

How nice of Windows to spam me with notifications when I temporarily fill my scratch disk, despite turning them off...

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I'm also annoyed by it. I get why it exists, as I've met people with zero clue about drive space, but Windows really shouldn't permanently attach training wheels to the bike.

I'd love a Windows hard mode button, but I guess that's just Linux now. If only work didn't need me to have Windows.
- "Why doesn't Windows have an 'expert' mode?" (2003)
  
  https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030728-00/?p=43043
  
  Feels like his response makes sense on the surface, but ultimately silly. You don't need to be a guru at Active Directory or GUI development to know how to navigate your OS competently.
  
  Regardless, I'd even just opt for a, "don't fucking bother me about literally anything," button. But then Microsoft can't push whatever bullshit product they're trying to give you exposure to or sell.
- It exists as an excuse for Microsoft to scan your files.
- VM’s are always an option
  
  Oh, I duel boot. Unless you mean going back to Windows 98, I did that in a VM once to play old shareware games.
- Never seen it, what does the feature do exactly? Is it new to Windows 11?
  
  If only we had Windows Hard Mode for real. Let's you break your system as intended. Delete system files, no notifications, nothing.
  
  Too bad not available in this universe.
- creating and maintening 2 windows is hard, and they know that more hard mode people can, and probably going to linux, that's why they are supporting more and more linux, so they don't lose that consumer
  
  It would be a simple boolean flag to turn off all of the hundreds of useless spam notifications windows insists on using. Not a hard configuration setting to add.
So sick of all the feedback, rate us, try this feature, what's new, turn on feature x, etc. that seems to be a part of everything nowadays, even Linux apps. Linux wasn't this bad only a few years ago and mobile OSs cranked this up to 10.

If I want to rate an app, I'll look under feedback in the help menu.

If I want to see what's new, show me the changelog...once, right after I update.

If I want to turn a feature on/off put descriptive toggles in the settings menu.

Everything that can be seen from the default view should 100% revolve around fulfilling the function of the app for the user. Human attention is a finite thing and we shouldn't be wasting it on shit like this.
- If an app asks me to rate it, or checks what my rating is going to be before sending me to either a feedback form or Google Play, depending on my response, then it instantly gets a 1 star review
  
  The best is when you open a newly installed app and it asks you straight away to rate it.
  
  I hate the ones where I already rated it... and it keeps asking me even more. It's infuriating.
- 100%
  
  My banking apps CONSTANTLY harasses me with garbage, and the options are either to concede or to "skip for now".
  
  No, I want to skip for always!
  
  We know you have no money in your checking or savings account... and you've said no at least 50 times in the last month... BUT would you like to use this investment brokerage we've partnered with?
- Same for websites with the popup "how do you like our website?".
  
  It was cool until i got the popup!
- If I want to rate an app, I'll look under feedback in the help menu.
  
  When apps do this I rate them 1 and leave a note explaining why
- I just thought of something that was missing from terminal software... welp, time to get to work.
  
  Do you wish to subscribe to lsblk premium for only 19.99 to see all your storage devices? (Y/n)
Weird that my wife got no such notice when her HDD was completely full. Yesterday she came to me asking why she couldn't install something. I checked her HDD and it was 100% full. No notifications for her at all.
- I've hit 100% capacity a few times without a notification as well
  
  I don't get a single one of these popups and annoying things the entire Internet seems to get. No ads, no notifications, no popups, nothing. I don't get it. It's like there's a metroPCS windows that everyone is using.
Microsoft post -> Linux comments
Imagine still using windows lmfao

Edit: damn, this is my most downvoted comment so far lol
- Imagine being an adult professional that uses windows programs for their job.... I have several Linux machines that are workhorses in my pipeline, but using windows is just not something a lot of people can avoid.
  
  I'm one of those that just can't avoid using windows at work. At least at work they come with a very useful adition, windows sysadmins. They already learned that giving Linux apecialists admin rights. (It gets harder and harder to deny any Windows knowledge)
  
  Haven't used windows at home since 3.11.
- Get my simulator setup working under WINE and i'll do a full switch, until then it's Windows on my gaming PC and linux on everything else lol
  
  What's your simulator setup?
  
  Have you tried Proton?
  
  There's been a solution of, provided two usable graphics processors, running Linux and virtualizing Windows underneath it with the gaming GPU for only a 5-8% loss.
- We don't have to imagine it, 70% of desktop PCs run it.
  
  Global market share held by operating systems for desktop PCs

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