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Random stupid thought of the day…. who actually plays Candy Crush on their Windows 10 machines? I mean seriously. We have phones and tablets for g
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Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
Absolutely not. Nor have I used any of the other advertised games – on a matter of principal, if nothing else.
You have to wonder how much money Microsoft’s getting to put crapware on the main screen. They used to lambaste HP and Dell and Lenovo for doing precisely the same thing.
The amount that they’re getting can’t possibly match the antipathy that they’ve generated.
This is how it is for me. I’ve never used any of the UWP apps on Windows 10, on principle, even though in general I like all kinds of games. The ones I play range from simple casual games like GNOME Mastermind to more complicated titles like Witcher 3, which I recently completed wholly in Linux via WINE (with both expansions) as installed painlessly by Lutris. It’s a few years old, but if it’s new to me… er, well, then it’s new to me, I guess. I got it for 15 dollars with both expansions included, which would not have been true if I bought it when it was new!
Apps are for phones… programs are for computers (hence the folder name “Program Files” beginning with Windows 95). I don’t appreciate any of the efforts to “phonify” PCs, whether by GNOME 3 or Windows 10. Phones may be trendy and cool and what not, but it doesn’t mean that what’s good for them should be grafted onto a PC. The PC interface, based around keyboard and mouse, has been honed and polished for decades, and to tear all of that down so we can pretend that PCs are giant phones is a giant step backwards.
Anything UWP is in the “app” category, as was anything in Metro or Modern in Windows 8.x. I reject it out of hand… it does not matter what it is or what it does. If it’s UWP, the answer is no. Or I would, if I had not also rejected the OS that runs UWP.
I don’t think Microsoft particularly cares about the antipathy they’re creating. They don’t have to… they have a monopoly. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen people say they can’t leave the Windows world because they need it for something! MS has made it clear that in their quest for a billion devices running Windows 10, consumer satisfaction is not a concern… how else could one explain them using dark patterns to try to trick people who clearly do not want Windows 10 into installing it anyway?
Dell XPS 13/9310, i5-1135G7/16GB, KDE Neon 6.2
XPG Xenia 15, i7-9750H/32GB & GTX1660ti, Kubuntu 24.04
Acer Swift Go 14, i5-1335U/16GB, Kubuntu 24.04 (and Win 11)
Windows 10 design decisions don’t resonate with anyone I know. Switching our enterprise to Linux was the best decision we ever made.
We are not running Win 10 YET ! ! But i have removed ALL the OEM installed games on all 3 of our machines. No need for them. IF, and WHEN we have to switch to Win 10 (Probably will go LINUX instead.) all the preinstalled games WILL disappear also.
Dave
No to Candy Crush, and No to the other UWP apps.
Wish they would just give us the Operating System with a series of check boxes to choose the apps we want/don’t want to install.
It could even be a part of the initial setup/install.
It’s a shame to burden all users with so much bloat.
While I’d love for the installer to ask what you want at install time, I’d be happy if each UWP app should have a checkbox in “Add or remove Windows components,” including Cortana and the Microsoft Store. Having that would prevent people like me from using “unsupported” means to forcibly remove them– and if I ever changed my mind, checking a box to reinstall something would be a lot simpler than trying to figure out how to reinstall an app that has no official way to remove it in the first place. This is what I have done for the vestigial Windows 10 installations that remain on my Acer Swift and Dell G3 (preinstalled out of the box, and for the moment, remaining there “just in case” I need it for something). As long as my SSDs have plenty of space available, it’s no bother to keep Windows 10 even if I don’t use it. If I ever get to the point of needing the space, time will tell what I choose to do.
Allowing removal of the unwanted bits of Windows 10 would not be all it would have taken to keep me from rejecting Windows 10, but it would have gone a long way. A real off switch for telemetry and full control of updates, in addition to that, and it would be a new ballgame.
Dell XPS 13/9310, i5-1135G7/16GB, KDE Neon 6.2
XPG Xenia 15, i7-9750H/32GB & GTX1660ti, Kubuntu 24.04
Acer Swift Go 14, i5-1335U/16GB, Kubuntu 24.04 (and Win 11)
Never played it on phone, computer, or anything else.
Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does 🙂
All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).
Well, well, well Susan!
Once again you have put your finger on what is causing problems with Windows Updates.
The devs at Redmond (or wherever they hide these days) are all playing that game instead of doing their jobs.
Ok, maybe not … that was to good to pass up 🙂
Oh. on topic … never played it, can’t even watch someone else play it.
What is REALLY scary is the possibility that the ‘devs at Redmond’ saw Candy Crush on Win 10 as a selling point. That says something about their conceptualised user group.
“We have phones and tablets for games. People use computers for work.”
It’s not quite that black and white.
I do some serious work on my iPad as well as play (simple) games, and I have a desktop with large monitor for both playing serious games (Skyrim, Witcher 3, Dying Light.,..) and serious work.
Which device is used for what is determined by display size and user interface (touch vs keyboard/mouse.) It’s about usability and convenience.
That said, much of the rubbish including Candy Crush, gets unceremoniously clobbered after installs.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Never played Candy Crush and I never will.
I remember doing a clean install of Windows 10 about a year ago (before I learned to keep the PC offline during the install then turn off and remove the live tiles before connecting).
I did the right click > uninstall procedure for Candy Crush – it uninstalled (well, looked like it did) and then immediately proceeded to reinstall itself again.
That sort of malware like behaviour put me off Windows 10 (again) so I went back to Windows 7. Now that I know how to avoid Candy Crush and it’s ilk during the W10 install I’m back on 10 again – for the time being, anyway.
Perhaps first ask if there is a secret agreement between MS and Candy Crush to put CC on all Windows 10 machines? There probably is! Oh, and the 1980s dismally flat Metro interface will never die since MS inked deals with developers to allow said developers to have complete control of the colors of their apps in the Metro interface. Now if MS gets rid of Metro, then all of those inked deals go up in smoke, and most likely with resulting lawsuits.
MS’s entrenched culture does NOT support people speaking up, based in past lessons learned. Well, at least not from anyone who is not in really high management positions.
Never played any of the games that came installed with Win 8, 8.1 or 10. First chance I was able to, they were deleted. I used to occasionally play Microsoft’s solitaire, but that ended when the version from Win 8 appeared.
However, I do play quite a few games on my computer. Point of fact, the only reason I am still running Windows is to access my Steam, GoG, Origins, and Uplay libraries, as well as older versions played on my Win 7 machine off-line.
For productivity (writing), I use LibreOffice, which handles all of those needs quite well, and which I actually prefer to Office. And I say that as someone who has used Word professionally since Windows 3.1. Since LibreOffice works just as well on Linux, if I ever stop playing games (or if a good enough emulator to handle them all without burping appears), then I’m done with Windows as well.
I have played Candy Crush on Windows 10. I tolerate its existence. I just don’t see why it’s so special though. The free copy of Peggle I got from Origin is more fun to me.
Also, for the record, I don’t have a smart phone or tablet. I know I’m in a minority now days, but people like me do exist. When I do have to make phone calls away from home or pass some two factor authentication, I use an old $20 Tracfone that can only handle phone calls and text messages.
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