Windows 11 Criticism

Users express dissatisfaction with Windows 11, highlighting UI changes, hardware requirements like TPM, bloat, ads, and performance issues while preferring Windows 10 or alternatives.

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Sample Comments

sumtechguy Oct 27, 2025 View on HN

what? windows 11 was just for new features right? ... right?

stillblue May 3, 2022 View on HN

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned windows 11

annoyingnoob Apr 4, 2022 View on HN

I'm running Windows 11. Its just like Windows 10 but with many annoying UI changes.

yuppie_scum Oct 11, 2021 View on HN

If you hate win 11 so much why bother installing this, why not just install win 10?

sp332 Jun 27, 2021 View on HN

What are you going to miss out on with Win11?

octacat Jan 26, 2024 View on HN

And works with 99.999999% - not true with Win 11.

npteljes Nov 10, 2025 View on HN

I see. Unfortunately I don't have Win11 to test with.

dartharva Aug 24, 2024 View on HN

It's Windows 11. Functionality and usability are not priorities here.

Loughla Mar 25, 2024 View on HN

Why is Windows 11 a disaster? What am I missing?

ecmascript Oct 3, 2023 View on HN

I'm not okay with Windows 11.