So…yeah. Seems MS, in their endless wisdom has decided to rename their virtual desktop software, called before as “Remote Desktop” (and good luck trying to find issues with that that are not related to the old RDP tool MTSC.exe) to… “Windows App”. Perfect. Now everything will look like everything, and there’s no way to ever try to search for help for it. Next in line, I guess they can call it just “App”. I’m sure that will help everyone.
This started a few months ago across the board. It’s the dumbest realignment of their application stack ever … With that being said, I think it’s clear that the future of Microsoft is going to be them attempting to move the entire OS experience into the cloud no matter how misguided or unwarranted that approach may be.
I don’t use Microsoft…or apple
Windows 10 is my last windows, got 7 years til I go full Linux
At this point i’m pretty sure most windows users have a degradation fetish they’re too ashamed to admit.
Capitalism’s innovative creativity on full display.
Ever since Ford renamed all car components to car components it has been a total bitch to change a tire…
Me: hello jiffy lube, I have a flat car components.
JL: Well bring it right in, we’ll fix that for you
Me: here’s the car with the flat car components.
JL: oh I see, you’ve been in an accident. Yeah we don’t fix that sort of flat car components. Go to Joe Shmow’s Auto repair.
JSAR: yah, I looked everywhere for a fix to flat components and found nothing worth trying. Cat videos yeah. But maybe if we hammer a few more things.
Me: but that’s the problem see this is supposed to be a dowel car component, but its flat. It used to be the thing a ma bob. But now its just another car components.
…the conversation would then drag on and included the economy, and politics.
Are they doing this on purpose? Why would they even do something like that?
Yeah my dad’s boss had this issue a couple weeks ago. His remote desktop app disappeared from his phone and he had no idea where. Figured out after looking for a whole day that they renamed it to this stupid bullshit.
Probably another case of too many bean counters (and marketing majors), and not enough software developers. Windows hasn’t innovated in forever. Seems like they’re the Walmart of operating systems, just cheaper and easier for most people.
I don’t want my OS to innovate. I just want it to be reliable. I can say this for MS, I haven’t seen a blue or any other color screen of death for, God, a decade? I’m pretty happy with Windows these days.
I’ve had the opposite happen since switching to Windows 11. Multiple BSODs a week on both machines. Super frustrating.
So you need ChatGPT to get a helpful answer.
MS 1 : Google 0
It’s been a while, i think, and yes, it was a pos move.
i usually press win+r and type ‘calc’ or ‘cmd’. they could make that more efficient by assigning binary numbers to everything.
mstsc
Will it still be port 3389? I think that’s what it is but I’m too lazy to look it up.
Afaik the obly dufference is the name
Obly
Phone keyboard mr. orange.
Microsoft also rearranged this guy’s keyboard without saying anything. RIP QWERTY
Ahh windows. How I don’t miss you.
Had been windows 10 user since 2015 (no pc before that), installed linux mint a month ago and was surprised how smooth everything was!
Sorry windows but Im never coming back.
Oh, those sad, sad motherfuckers. My only concern is too many Linux Immigrants. Stay in your shitty corporate hell. It’s not like there’s any other option. /s
