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[–] 57 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Windows 7 was the peak. everything since has been a decline.

Windows 7 was the first Windows OS that didnt require constant reboots, didnt require regular reformat/reinstalls to fix random over time slowdowns/degredation/crashes/etc.

Windows 7 had a relatively light weight, and very easy to use interface.

Windows 7 was the last Windows OS that you actually owned when you bought it.

Every OS after Windows 7 was centered on taking control and usability away from the owner/user.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    iirc microsoft began going heavy on telemetry (and consequently cutting their QA and testing budget) at some point during Windows 7. That's why it went downhill after that (Windows 8 and after)

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Yeah, that was towards the end of windows life, after win10s release.. and it was added as a windows update package, and as a result was easily uninstallable.

    and every news article i saw informing people about the telemetry update, also told people how to uninstall it

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