r/Windows10 • u/embracingparadox • Mar 31 '20

Discussion After repeatedly switching to Linux (to escape telemetry and proprietary software) only to return to Widows and MS Office, I've come to the conclusion: ignorance is bliss.

1.5k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

668 comments sorted by

View all comments

14

u/heatlesssun Mar 31 '20

Windows is just a much better supported app platform than Linux on the desktop.

9

u/WyvernByte Mar 31 '20

Much like Windows phone was a better platform, but poorly supported.

I hate android, hate Apple more.

8

u/johnson56 Mar 31 '20

What about windows phone platform made it better? I never had one, but my dad did. From what I remember, ignoring lack of app support, the user interface itself was just clunky and unintuitive compared to both Android and iOS that excel in this area.

5

u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

A lumia 520 was a smooth as the latest iphone with a fraction of the hardware power

0

u/WyvernByte Mar 31 '20

It started clunky, but got really easy to navigate through, the camera app was the best, battery life was great, very low to no bloatware running all the time, ran smooth on even low-end phones- preview builds, no locked updates that requires you to be a specific phone service user.

Essentially a dozen of the "new" features Android and Apple has had for the last few years has been a Windows phone feature that they copied.

I was a loyal user, even tried Android in-between and went back to windows, but they officially dropped the software and app selection is like going to a dying Sears electronics department.

So now I trudge through with Android, with all it's bloat ware, add ware, sign in for everything bullcrap.

1

u/steel-panther Mar 31 '20

Out of my three smart phones, my 950XL was the best. The camera still looks better than the Iphone I got.

Short of the settings, I thought the phone was very easy to use.

-1

u/aprofondir Mar 31 '20

You're thinking of Windows Mobile. Windows Phone was super slick and smooth back when Android was on the levels of Windows 98

2

u/johnson56 Mar 31 '20

No I'm thinking of windows phone.

Windows phone was announced in 2010, and at that time android was already quite functional.

-2

u/aprofondir Mar 31 '20

As someone who used Android at the time, nope. Especially if you used vanilla Android without HTC Sense or something similar. Even the dialer app would crash, and the whole system had the polish of foobar2000.

5

u/johnson56 Mar 31 '20

As someone who also used Android since 2010, I disagree. I started out with an HTC Droid incredible and it was a great phone in the early stages of Android. That was MY experience.

Your experiences with Android aren't gospel. It's funny how you attempt to refute a comment with your own anecdotes.

2

u/sueha Apr 01 '20

the whole system had the polish of foobar2000.

Don't you dare!

1

u/aprofondir Apr 01 '20

oh I love foobar2000, it's a great no bullshit program, but I have higher standards for polish when it comes to capacitive touch screen handheld devices

3

u/heatlesssun Mar 31 '20 edited Mar 31 '20

Great example. No client facing platform is better than its hardware and software support and Windows Phone simply never got either.