Oh, I can help remotely... I just need you to open Windows App.

Which app?

Windows App.

I get that, I'm running Windows, but which app?

Windows App.

Look, are you being smart? I'm in Windows, say I click on the Start button, which app do I click on?

Windows App.

Allright you, let's say the app is already running...

Sure.

And I press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager.

OK.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE APP I WOULD SEE IN TASK MANAGER??!???

Windows App.

I'M ASKING YOU, 'WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE APP'???!??!??

I'm telling you, 'Windows App.'

recently, I need to remote desktop from Mac to Windows, and I was searching around for products, and I came across a blog post recommending Windows App, and I had no fucking idea what it was. I thought it may have been a windows 8 app that is discontinued. The geniuses at microsoft SUCK at naming. Xbox, Xbox 360, xbox One (which was actually the third iteration, for some reason), xbox series x/s. Like wtf.

Next in line, I guess they can call it just “App”.

Saw this yesterday which is relevant

You'd think a company that runs a search engine would understand SEO...

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'm going to name a game I'm making "a game"

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.

Ahh windows. How I don’t miss you.

Are they doing this on purpose? Why would they even do something like that?

Microsoft seems lost, they're so interested in constantly changing everything to steal more of your information instead of just maintaining the massive lead they have.

They can't seem to just make something work, always manipulating the systems, and such none of it is very good, but when you try to be the best at everything you end up mediocre. Good thing they got a market lock when they did.

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.

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.

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 haven't found Microsoft Documentation for anything since Word for Mac 5 on my Apple Centris 650 in 1992, and I only had that because it came in a printed book.

So this is on par with the Microsoft way: Let other people charge you for outdated help.

i usually press win+r and type 'calc' or 'cmd'. they could make that more efficient by assigning binary numbers to everything.

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

Ah yes, the "windows app" I remote into Linux on. That's like an ex naming a kid after you levels of crazy.

Yep had this issue a while back now took a bunch of searching just to find it so crazy.

Ed Zitron wrote a blog post I've been thinking about, where he said that a lot of decisions are made by "business idiots" now. People that don't really use or understand the product, and don't really understand the users or their needs. It's an interesting read, even though the guy is rather verbose: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-the-business-idiot/

Did Microsoft leave their marketing department to AI or something? They really seem to be dropping the ball rn with app names, and recognition.

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