• Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    341·
    10 months ago

    I’ll be honest at this point in my life anthing that pops up it gets a 1 simply for annoying me.

    I’m never randomly recommending anything unless asked and if I do when asked specifically about it the app owners sure as shit don’t need to know about it

      • Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        10 months ago

        I think it’s the fact that 3rd box rarely exists that has gotten me this way

        • TxzK@lemmy.zip
          5·
          10 months ago

          The fact that these popups exists in the first place makes me angry

    • lobut@lemmy.ca
      10·
      10 months ago

      It’s annoying when I start some software to get something done and it’s asking me to do a survey. I’m in the middle of something! What’s wrong with you?!

    • NeshuraAEnglish
      111·
      10 months ago

      Honestly all the app owners need to know is why a customer is dissatisfied. If the app is actually good the recommendations will come naturally.

      • Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        10 months ago

        I don’t disagree but when I get asked to give it a rating 2 mins after installing they can fick right off.

        Thanks to bots and shills ratings mean nothing.

        In most cases I just stop using something as its not as useful as i thought or just boring bugging me in this manner just makes me actively hate it.

        • NeshuraAEnglish
          9·
          10 months ago

          Well yeah that’s why the only sensible place for such a survey is in the uninstaller (no popup browser tab please) with a big fat “Skip” option. Let’s people with actual feedback give that feedback while people who don’t want to can skip. Corpo can then evaluate if the product lands well by the rate of installed/uninstalled/left feedback.

          But yeah modern day surveys are absolute garbage and annoying in like 99/100 cases

          • Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            10 months ago

            In the modern age it seems sensible has gone right out the window. It almost feels like it’s your fault you hate their product rather than it being shit.

            Information has lost all value and I just don’t want to play anymore

  • doingthestuff@lemmy.world
    221·
    10 months ago

    This even funnier now that they’ve come full circle to shutting down Windows 10 - Our Last Operating System!

  • Suavevillain@lemmy.world
    133·
    10 months ago

    I let a friend try out Linux after I’ve been using it for years and they were shocked how much easier some things are. I think the idea of throwing them into a like Windows distro is the wrong direction. I’m ready POP OS’s new desktop whenever it comes out.

    • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      It’s been a hot minute since I ran SuSE (before it was OpenSuSE) but since I’m distrohopping lately I might have to give it a go.

  • Rognaut@lemmy.worldEnglish
    105·
    10 months ago

    You guys should try Kali Linux with KDE Plasma. I’m really enjoying it. It’s so easily customizable.

  • amotio@lemmy.world
    51·
    10 months ago

    I have recently started using KDE and so far i like it after years of XFCE on slower pc. And every now and then I think about switching to some debian based distro but AUR spoiled me and now I am too lazy. Its great that with my setuo I can change distros and have working OS in under an hour with all my software already setup.

  • rockhandle@lemm.ee
    3·
    10 months ago

    I feel called out here lol. Granted, I’ve only recommended it to people I know who complained about the performance of windows. Linux is so much more optimised

  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
    63·
    10 months ago

    Causally recommending linux and shutting down inane tech support questions aren’t the same thing. If I get asked: “X feature stopped working in the newest macOS. What do I do?” I tell them the truth: “I switched to linux to get the feature back.”

    • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      10 months ago

      Well, did you know I’m vegetarian and used to run Arch? If you could show me your fridge and computer, please, I’ll fix them for you!

  • space@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    66·
    10 months ago

    This answer is stupid. I don’t think it’s unusual for a non-tech savvy friend who heard about Linux to ask for an opinion.

    • Victor@lemmy.world
      7·
      10 months ago

      I think it is unusual. As a software engineer who has a large circle of friends, loads of them know I use Linux, but literally no one cares or is curious about knowing more. And honestly I’m not interested in explaining. We talk about and do other things lol. I sometimes talk about differences and news about both with those who have jobs or interests closer to the IT business, and we have a short conversation about those news, but nobody asks me about Linux, and especially not Windows. It’s not interesting.