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GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '

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by legitster

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So part of me agrees, but part of me also feels like a victim of the boy who cried wolf.
People have ragged on Windows going back for as long as I can remember. Only in hindsight did people ever express fondness in public for Windows XP (and maybe a bit for Windows 7). It's hard for me to distinguish how much of the vitriol is legitimate this time from developers, or will nostalgia glasses just haunt Windows forever.
I've been using Windows 11 and... it feels fine? If anything, it doesn't feel substantially different enough from Windows 10 to care. My other comparison points are a Macbook and a Steam Deck, and both of them have so many faults of their own that I don't understand the need to rag on Windows in particular.

by joe_guy

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> would you like to purchase an Office 365 subscription? No? Okay I'll ask again tomorrow),
Ironic, given their website showed me two unrequested popups.

by deterministic

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I am perfectly happy with Windows 10 and want to throw my work Linux PC out the nearest window almost every day because of Linux package dependency hell.
I work on different application and are pretty much forced to setup a specific Linux VM for each one to not have package dependency problems.
I never had that problem developing on Windows.

by rolph

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any word on GOG offering links to upgrade to linux, i think it would speed things up, right now we are almost at the part where the mortally wounded leviathan trashes everything about in its final death throes.
it really would be nice for early emancipators to have a comfortable landing, and avoid being subject to collateral damage.

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by dahrkael

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GOG's business relies on Windows going above and beyond to remain retrocompatible with older versions of itself so trashing on it feels like a shitty move

by theragra

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