I haven't used win11 yet and my work laptop uses win10 so although I can't claim any of the benefits you listed aren't accurate, my issues with windows go a little deeper than "win10 and earlier lack features 11 has".
On the WSL front, sure it's kinda cool and a way better programming experience, but it's still just linux under windows, so I find myself asking why I wouldn't just use linux, hardly a dub for windows.
The elephant in the room for me is the invasive software, of course. Win11 looks to be even more guilty of this with the likes of copilot and recall, but I can hard copium, bury my head in the sand and ignore these for the sake of work (with a smile on my face I guess).
Equally though, I simply don't find win10 enjoyable to use, and I'm not confident win11 is the solution. I use a tiling window manager on my home desktop so Windows' floating window manager isn't going to appeal to me. Installing and updating software is okay for some programs but annoying for others, never great. Sure, windows finally realised package managers were a thing, but winget leaves a lot to be desired for me.
Also, why does an operating system need ads? Genuine question.
I try to justify that windows is okay for corporate, but that's requiring some hardcore copium.
"No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia." - plus a link to the lemmy Code of conduct
Especially true if you include time as well:
Year > Month > Day > Hour > Minute
Vs
Day < Month < Year > Hour > Minute
Yeah, my 2017 KIA has a touch screen for controlling navigation, radio, android auto etc. but climate control is controlled with buttons and dials like you described. It's modern enough to the point it feels safer than an older vehicle might, but I don't think I want a vehicle more modern than this.
It's not that it's too difficult, but having it this way is more inconvenient to the customer leaving them less inclined to make the call. Scummy behaviour all around.
I don't mind having a UI for things like navigation or android auto. What gets me is why do things like climate control need to be buried in a UI? If my windscreen starts to steam up mid-jourmey, the last thing I need is to take my attention off the road to change the climate settings in the UI where dials and buttons will do the job much faster without needing to take my attention off the road.
Honestly I find constantly having to keep on top of disabling questionable windows features and bloat (knowing I've definitely missed something) more difficult and exhausting than just using linux. Linux feels way more "easy and simple" to me than windows ever has been.
I'd understand more if these communities were outright file sharing. I understand why that's a liability. But discussion of the topic should be permitted, which said communities are exactly that. [email protected] explicitally forbids file sharing in their rules.
Let's be real though, the admins handling of this wasn't great. A more public discussion could have prevented backlash or allow these communities to address LW admin's concerns.
This goes against the principles of the fediverse, I'd expect content censorship from the likes of reddit and twitter. This feels like a knee-jerk reaction to a problem that doesn't exist on communities from completely different instances (and judging by the backlash this decision came out of nowhere without consultng the community). I seriously urge you to reconsider this decision.
Souls veteran here, we all had to start somewhere. While I found it a bit easier to pick up Elden Ring with my experience from previous games, it's worth noting it took me around 30 hours for everything to "click" when I first played DS1.
In my experience, the souls games have always rewarded exploration, and Elden Ring is no exception. If anything, it encourages it more than any of the previous games. Look around for new weapons and upgrade meterials to give yourself an edge.
When it comes to bosses or tough sections, there is no shame in summoning. Whether it's other players or NPCs, feel free to use all the help you need and engage in jolly cooperation.
Keep at it tarnished! As we said in DS1, don't you dare go hollow.
Yeah I used to live in the area and the 303 has a local reputation for being absurdly busy at the roundabout near stonehenge, especially during the summer solstice.
Pretty much the same as the US (and I imagine other English-speaking countries) with similar age distribution (i.e. facebook mums, tiktok kids) and of course toxic cesspit behaviour on twiitter.
Even though I take issue with the BBC, I hope they choose to stay on mastadon in the long term. A large organisation like the BBC on a federated platform is sure to spread word and hopefully convince more people to join the fediverse and see it a a feasible alternative to the current big tech landscape.