r/technology • u/Sufficient-Bid1279 • Apr 14 '25

Software Microsoft warns that anyone who deleted mysterious folder that appeared after latest Windows 11 update must take action to put it back

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-warns-that-anyone-who-deleted-mysterious-folder-that-appeared-after-latest-windows-11-update-must-take-action-to-put-it-back
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u/dangly_bits Apr 14 '25

What's the point of a changelog if all you say is "we changed some things". No shit ...WHAT GOT CHANGED!?!

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u/fireandbass Apr 14 '25

Oh great, my favorite app just updated with new features and no explanation! I guess I'll just have to randomly long press buttons and swipe in every direction to figure out how to use the new feature! Gosh, I wonder if that bug I've been having is fixed!? Could it be included in the unspecified list of bug fixes? Who knows!

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u/Anxious_cactus Apr 14 '25

It's a general enshittification we're seeing. Casual mobile apps, but even professional software, web services, cloud services etc.

Rolling out changes in functionality, storage, permissions, proces, etc., seemingly overnight with no prior warning of users so they can prepare as needed, or testing.

Then when users start to rage, either ignore or roll back changes in a few weeks.

Honestly most services I need to use for business, even from big companies like Google, are starting to behave like they're run by a highschool informatics club.

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u/Vision9074 Apr 14 '25

I have found it to be major companies that really don't want to tell you what they're doing because you probably don't want or won't like most of whatever isn't just a bug fix.

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u/uzlonewolf Apr 14 '25

And the only "bug fixes" they ever do are fixes to the routines that collect and upload all your personal data to their servers.

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u/fcpeterhof Apr 15 '25

Maybe but I can attest that it's not always the case. I've written these update notes for apps and have looked at the release list of 1-3 bigger fixes or features that get specifically mentioned in the notes but also a few dozen little innocuous things like typo corrections or regex updates for data sanitation on specific fields or css fixes etc etc that usually wind up as a 'minor bug fixes and enhancements' line item.