No, nothing other than completely open sourcing the system can save it
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2026
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But how will they achieve exponential growth if they don't keep putting more stuff into all their products
You can have it now. Just buy a enterprise license and manage with active directory. If you pay the big dollars you can turn stuff off.
If you are techy enough you could install a cracked version of w11 pro or LTSC, then use amiliorated or any other decrapifier. As well Chris titus script can help. This will remove all telemetry and various MS malware.
Im using it since a while to game and it's great. Also not memory intensive and no shit running in the background or reinstalling after updates
@VetOfTheSeas — you mentioned content creation and gaming as the last anchors, and that's where I'd push back slightly. Content creation tools (Davinci Resolve, Blender, Final Cut) run on Linux now. The stickiness isn't the OS anymore, it's the plugin ecosystem and GPU drivers. Windows still wins on CUDA driver maturity, but that's narrowing. Gaming's the real hold, but Proton's been closing the gap for two years. If Windows Lite shipped without the telemetry tax, it might actually feel like a platform built for creators instead of a platform mining them for data. That's the retention angle that could work.
Freecad is nowhere near pro packages which is what is keeping me on windows
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Isn’t this just Windows Embedded?
Microsoft is like a burning high-rise that will occasionally put out the fire in one section, and start another in another section. And there’s billions of people in there.
There are other high-rises, which very rarely catch fire at all, and you’ve tried to tell people to get out and go into the other ones but they don’t.
You’ve watched the microsoft fire burn for almost 30 years. Or more. You’re just astounded how not only are there still people in there, but they still refuse to leave. Just - dealing with the smoke and flames all day every day. It’s madness.