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1. Ads

2. Built-in cloud AI spyware / Copilot

3. Millions of abandoned laptops that had been made 4-5+ years ago. Basically electronic and ecological waste: machines from 10 years ago work perfectly fine if you change thermal paste and don't hit them too much. Even if you don't care about the planet, you might care about your wallet though.

3 is especially ironic with that green leaf and energy recommendations slapped in settings

Because it's actively user hostile? Microsoft shoving their spyware and unwelcome AI into it regardless of consent

For video games as of today, SteamOS presents double digit performance gains on average over Windows, running Windows games on Steam Deck and similar platforms.

Because there's lots of good hardware out there that's unsupported by Windows 11, but supported just fine by Linux distros.