Is this really a problem? It's not like it runs in the background. How is this different to adding, say, a new tab in the Settings app or a new screenshot tool (which they did a while back)?
Agreed - the negative tone in this article confuses me. All operating systems have a bunch of settings UIs, applications etc (except maybe like a bare arch install, or Alpine linux or something).
If this was some game app full of ads or something I'd understand, but it's not.
As noted in the article, PC Health Check's "primary use has been to analyze a device's hardware to check if it's compatible with Windows 11." A wide range of Windows 10 users will see this check permanently and uselessly 'failing' for them whenever they open Windows Update.
Microsoft basically does what it wants up to the point where enough backlash starts occuring. "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission".
Just curious, why? Performance reasons? Compatibility? Something else?
Speaking for myself, I run Linux on the desktop and Windows in a VM for office applications and so forth and it works fine. But obviously I'm not running Photoshop or gaming or anything like that (though in the case of the latter, Proton is already great and is poised to get even better)...
Just no pressing need. I don't have any problems with Windows, and trying to get everything working in Wine or virtualization introduces more updates and new problems.
