• stoy
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    2 months ago

    I recently found the YT channel Michael MJD, and it has made me realize how fun and cool Microsoft was in the XP and 7 eras.

    It was just before the cloud ruined everything and it was before the curse of the flat UI design.

    It was a more fun time.

    Windows 7 is the prettiest Windows ever made, with XP running Royale theme a close second.

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      2 months ago

      They were the best Windows versions, but Microsoft was not cool. They were still monopolistic and anti-competitive as fuck. They still actively killed smaller companies, they still bribed politicians, etc.

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        I will grant you that I may be reflecting my oppinion on XP and 7 on Microsoft as a whole.

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        2 months ago

        Oh fuck off, you don’t get to decide my oppinions.

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          If you dig deep enough into the internet you’ll find people who have been complaining about Microsoft since the dos days, and many of their complaints and fears have come true.

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            Oh yeah, I remember the mems from back in the late 90s, I reacted harshly to the previous comment as they claimed that I was being gaslit.

            I remember using Windows as far back as 3.11, I know my own feelings.

            If you look further in the thread you’ll also see that I admitted that I was probably reflecting my oppinion on XP and 7 onto Microsoft as a whole.

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          Spot the bootlicker 😉

          There’s nothing wrong with pointing out that a monopoly with a history of illegal anticompetitive behaviour isn’t/wasn’t cool.

          They didn’t congratulate themselves, and the only person who brought up Linux here is you.