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Re advertisements in the start menu: They shouldn't be there in the first place, but you CAN disable them. https://www.groovypost.com/howto/turn-off-windows-10-start-m...

Re multi-desktop workflows: It seems straight forward enough to me using Win+Ctrl+D for a new desktop then Win+Ctrl+left or right arrow to switch. Is it much better on the Mac? https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-use-multiple-desktops-in-...

Re Windows 8 looking home screen: is it in tablet mode? Try switching back to desktop mode. https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/enable-tablet-mode-window...

Re split brain: I can't believe they haven't resolved this. How do they justify having two completely different settings interfaces for so long? I kinda forgave them for it in Windows 8, but we're several updates in to Windows 10 now... It's really a bad look.

Re everything else: Thanks for the heads up. Good to know.

Can I ask what your role is at Microsoft?

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> Re advertisements in the start menu: They shouldn't be there in the first place, but you CAN disable them. https://www.groovypost.com/howto/turn-off-windows-10-start-m....

And every major Windows update have undo my setting to bring it back. I've reported it to MS, MS attempted to fix it (listed in some Windows 10 update) and they're still failing to fix it.

How about not doing it in the first place, period?

These things should be opt-in, not opt-out.

Wow, how annoying. I've turned them off and they've stayed off over several updates. Glad I'm not experiencing that issue. Sorry for you.

The problem is that Microsoft no longer views Windows users as customers, but as cattle to feed ads to and harvest data from.

> The problem is that most of the IT industry no longer views users as customers, but as cattle to feed ads to and harvest data from.

FTFY

In both cases the views are largely correct; end users aren't the main or motivating purchasers for lots of the industry, their employers are, so the users literally are not the customers, and often have interests poorly aligned with the actual customers.

Why I love Linux more every day.

Linux's incentives are also not oriented towards the user, unfortunately, they just don't have the profit motive to treat users like cattle.

Thanks, I'm now out of tablet mode! But the fact that it took another person on the internet + a HowTo guide for someone who is a MSFT developer w/ 18+ years of experience using Windows to get me unstuck kind of makes my point...

I work in the Azure org, writing multi-platform dotnet core and C++.

Weird. The device should auto-switch between tablet and desktop mode whenever you dock the screen to the keyboard, and it's generally a feature very easy to notice (it also should have a switch in the notifications/actions bar). But I guess, it's not easy enough.

that tutorial is an absurdly long way to get there.

notification bar > Tablet mode

Its a button just like enabling wifi, bluetooth, projecting, focus, night mode.

The notification icon isn't an intuitive place to find system controls like this. I almost never use the notification bar but every once in a while something like this happens.

I use the notification bar all the time, to get to those controls. Never use it for notifications. Might as well be the quick control toggle center.

I love windows, but multi-desktop is nicer on mac because it's all controlled with touchpad gestures. The way we (or I at least) interact with windows and apps makes sense that we can just see all apps as thumbnails and then drag them to any desktop we like

Multi-desktop is controlled by gestures on windows 10 also... just 4 fingers instead of 3...

This. Also on Windows, all monitors switch desktops together whereas I really like being able to switch desktops on monitors independently, and I like being able to drag desktops between monitor which I seem to remember not working on Windows. And on Windows I can't drag to rearrange desktops. I don't know if rearranging desktops is possible at all.

I switch desktops via touchpad on Windows too, maybe you are used to a different gesture?

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