It's hard for me to say this but I actually miss older (NT based) Windows versions. They kind of worked, had a mostly consistent UI / UX and could even be customized a little bit.
Yesterday I had the Editor (the thing that used to me notepad) show me an account login notification, next to some weird copilot buttons that were not there the last time I used it. Best of all, the notification couldn't be confirmed due to a bug and stayed open the whole time and covered about 1/8 of the screen...
On my super locked down work laptop windows does weird screen size stuff with windows shrinking or getting larger, especially when they're moved between screens that have different scaling, sometimes task bar icons disappear or begin to flicker.
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Just looks like Facebook to me.
It's hard for me to say this but I actually miss older (NT based) Windows versions. They kind of worked, had a mostly consistent UI / UX and could even be customized a little bit.
Yesterday I had the Editor (the thing that used to me notepad) show me an account login notification, next to some weird copilot buttons that were not there the last time I used it. Best of all, the notification couldn't be confirmed due to a bug and stayed open the whole time and covered about 1/8 of the screen...
On my super locked down work laptop windows does weird screen size stuff with windows shrinking or getting larger, especially when they're moved between screens that have different scaling, sometimes task bar icons disappear or begin to flicker.
WTF?!
Now the virus is the operating system.
If you see that many ads you still have malware, we just call them apps now.
Facts.
I mean, I haven't seen that shit on my system in years because I run redundant adblockers but... when viewing someone elses computer.... it's crazy.
Going to my parents' house is mildly maddening. They watch network and cable TV... The sheer number of ads is unbelievable to me.
how young do people think gen z are? older gen z people will turn 30 next year which is in roughly 3 months
i'm on the older end of gen z and can absolutely remember this.
windows xp was used for a very long time and this is a windows xp and before era thing
I remmeber early years of Facebook and other similar era stuff. It was pretty alright as far as ads go.
Fedi is great because if you saw as many ads as I see every day on fedi, it meant you had at least one virus, not three.
Now the viruses are in your brain. Never really went away...