Microsoft Windows
I have been using computers for 40 years. I have used dozens of different systems. What I have seen over the years is that as the hardware gets more powerful the software gets more useful and more bloated. On Linux and Macs the bloat is easily manage.
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But on Windows PC’s you can only delete most of the bloat that was installed by the PC manufacturer. Some essential service apps contain adware. And as for Windows itself, it is getting so bloated that it is on the verge of being adware and spyware.
For example the Edge web browser was so nice when it first released. Microsoft advertised it as Chrome without all the Google spyware. I even used it on my Mac. But now it has all the Bing spyware. And Microsoft is integrating Bing into the core operating system even more. The other day on a new Windows PC I went to the search box on the start menu to search for an app on that computer. The first results were Bing web results. It seems like every time Windows does an update I have to turn off more bloatware. Then there is the telemetry that Windows constantly sends back to Microsoft. You can’t turn it all off.
Windows is so bad at this point I do not understand why any government in this world would allow Window PC’s to be used on their networks. I think governments would be better off if they were using a lean in house version of Linux or BSD that they keep locked down. Sure it would be slow to gain new features but it seems to me security is more important than bloatware, adware, and spyware.
I am glad I don’t have to used Windows daily.
