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The Windows 11 Crisis

2025-12-11 Science & Technology
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How Microsoft Ruined Windows by Prioritizing Shareholder Value Over Users

Discover why Windows transformed from a beloved staple to a source of user frustration, driven by Microsoft's calculated shift toward AI and ecosystem monetization.

Short Summary

  • Microsoft intentionally engineered Windows 11 to drive user adoption of cloud services (Azure, M365) to maximize shareholder value.
  • Aggressive features like required online accounts, imposed updates, and privacy-invasive AI tools (Recall) alienate long-term users.
  • Competitors like macOS and Linux are gaining ground slowly as users seek stability and control over corporate profit extraction motives.
  • This shift reveals a massive divergence where company valuation soars while the core user experience severely degrades down the toilet.

This document analyzes the strategic decisions under CEO Satya Nadella that transformed the flagship OS. It details how mandatory hardware requirements (TPM 2.0) and aggressive data harvesting cement Microsoft’s control, even at the expense of user satisfaction.

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Go to https://buyraycon.com/coldfusionOPEN to get up to 20% off during this holiday season. Thanks Raycon for sponsoring! From being one of the most used operating systems to becoming a universally ridiculed, Windows has been negatively transformed by Microsoft’s own decisions. And it's all by design. In this episode, we take a look. Watch or listen to ColdFusion on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1YEwCKoRz8fEDqheXB6UJ1 ColdFusion Music: https://www.youtube.com/@coldfusionmusic http://burnwater.bandcamp.com Get my book: http://bit.ly/NewThinkingbook ColdFusion Socials: https://discord.gg/coldfusion https://facebook.com/ColdFusionTV https://twitter.com/ColdFusion_TV https://instagram.com/coldfusiontv Created by: Dagogo Altraide Producers: Tawsif Akkas, Dagogo Altraide

Top Comments (10)

@hasanarrasyid1 2025-12-11

My gut tells me those shareholders are using macs

26.3k 341 replies
@son1214 2025-12-11

the fact its an operating system with ads seems beyond ridiculous

20.4k 255 replies
@ImAbeDenton 2025-12-11

We have a great word for this - "Enshittification".

17.6k 143 replies
@enilenis 2025-12-11

In older Windows the main icon was called "My Computer". Now it's called "This PC". Microsoft is letting you know who's in charge.

14.1k 151 replies
@stabinghobo57 2025-12-11

Windows 11 is spyware disguised as an OS.

6.5k 46 replies
@thefallenonegr 2025-12-13

"A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision." -IBM Training Manual, 1979

5.8k 76 replies
@CajunTexan1 2025-12-30

"30% of our production code is written by AI" yeah we can fucking tell because nothing works anymore

3.3k 23 replies
@ColdFusion 2025-12-11

Hey all, thanks so much for watching! Don't forget to go to https://buyraycon.com/coldfusionOPEN to get up to 20% off during this holiday season. Thanks Raycon for sponsoring!

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@murkyriver 2026-01-14

Lost it when I saw copilot in notepad

101 3 replies
@coolisfoolable 2026-01-20

Microslop! you hear me NADELLA?! MICROSLOPPPPPPPP!!!!!!

51 2 replies

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