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Microsoft Needs Windows Lite, No telemetry, no spying, no ads, no AI, no .NET, to retain gamers and developers (philipbohun.com)
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Microsoft is losing Builders fast. They're switching to MacOS and Linux. The biggest pull keeping people on Windows, outside of shear inertia, is content creation and gaming. However, even these are falling to Linux.

Without Builders, you don't have software, and without software, you don't have users. This is why Microsoft needs Windows Lite.

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[–] mereo@piefed.ca 40 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The author of the blog is living in dreamland. Microsoft will never release Windows Lite because, to management, Windows is a conduit for AI and subscriptions.

Linux is the answer.

[–] Phantom_Engineer@lemmy.ml 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Realistically, who would even buy Windows Lite? What advantage would it have over regular Windows AND Linux systems?

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

I might buy it to play one of the few games I have that just can't run on Linux

[–] DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

A Windows that could run Office and Adobe software for work without giving the user brain damage? Sounds like a nice idea, maybe could even compete with Mac.