It looks like Windows 11 is getting a new stock app, at least in some regions. Microsoft is now publicly testing a Windows 11 build where the PC Manager app comes bundled with the OS.

PC optimizers are not a new concept, and they have been around for quite a while. Nowadays, many consider them unnecessary, but having an official program made by Microsoft that is capable of (allegedly) speeding up your PC may sound quite appealing.

However, Microsoft’s PC Manager has already raised quite a few eyebrows when customers caught it recommending some questionable optimizing techniques, injecting affiliate links, and shamelessly claiming your PC needs repair if Bing is not set as the default search engine. Yikes.

  • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    75·
    6 months ago

    This is the same kind of thing I’d expect when a once nice android app gets bought out by a company like tencent.
    Bundle a battery manager and RAM optimizer bs in the file browser or something, fill it with ads, maybe they could have microtransactions for some of the “features”.

      • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Yea, I’m still stuck on Windows at work for the foreseeable future as I don’t control that too much.
        Otherwise, for personal stuff that I do control, they really can get fucked.

        My wife had never used any desktop OS other than Windows before, but I switched her to Pop!_OS and it’s gone fine. Certainly not any worse than between 2 Windows versions, but at least now there’s no bullshit and things are actually customizable. (Her words)