How and why?
Not even the good one!

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No updates!
(Still updates)

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Just died 🫠

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Microsoft just killed Legacy Photos, the original not-bloated version of the app. It now requires Photos (Cloud) to be installed with Legacy plugin. The Migrate system runs regardless of your setup. Before you could run the new app once, it completes the "transfer" and you uninstall it again. Now it doesn't work.

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It seems that Microsoft is forcibly deleting Paint for some users in a form of "system update"...

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For the first time in years Linux... lost a bit of market share on Steam. Seemingly, the growth of Steam Deck fanbase is no longer that significant and the transition from Windows to Linux for the average gamer isn't happening.

This will not be the year of Linux!

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Basic Windows 11 apps such as Notepad, Snipping Tool, Paint, and even OEM tools like ASUS Armory Crate stopped launching due to a Microsoft Store licensing check failure.

It seems that Microslop tried to improve the security against pirated apps and failed. But at least AI writes half of their code, you know... can you imagine that they expect you to have MS account to run Notepad?

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Do they still make updates that aren't destroying the whole system?

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Windows off-center: it seems that one of the biggest media about Windows OS laid off all of its gaming team members, except ONE.

PC Gamer and GamesRadar+ – may have also been impacted, according to the report. 80LV team suggests that the total loss in game and hardware journalism industry exceeded 4000 people in the last couple of years.

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Just in case you missed the outcome, you are now obligated to use active Microsoft login to use Windows apps. Their recent licence bug was not a bug!

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