Listening to the latestWindows Central podcast and I’m struck by how dismissive the commentators are about the backlash Microsoft receives at improvements they are making to Windows. They say, “it’s cool to hate Windows” as a way of summing up their feelings towards people who complain about changes Microsoft are making.
Imagine this, you have a friend that has taken your stuff without returning for years, hits you in the balls at random times, and just generally makes themselves a nuisance. One day they start doing little things to be better. They haven’t apologized for years of bad behaviour mind you. They just start changing for the better slowly.
Should you just instantly give them the benefit of the doubt? Start appreciating them for not hitting you in the balls? Congratulate them when they return your leaf blower? No, they earned your ire over years. That takes time to repair and without an actually apology it seems hollow.
Yes I’m complaining about a Windows podcast being fans of Windows but if they truly cared I would think they would want to fully address the behaviour Microsoft has exhibited to make Windows hated by regular users.