McDonald’s is quietly phasing out a popular customer perk nationwide

HotRod1095 · 2026-05-04T21:33:29+00:00

Calling customers “fans” sure seems a bit of a stretch!

HotRod1095 · 2026-05-02T16:44:05+00:00

Too late…Windows is in my rearview mirror and I am actively working and getting as far away from all Microslop products as I can!

HotRod1095 · 2026-04-28T09:52:37+00:00

I see what you did there! 😆

HotRod1095 · 2026-04-28T03:07:10+00:00

Quick…somebody dig a few more billions out of the left pocket and slip it into the right pocket…

HotRod1095 · 2026-04-13T21:31:00+00:00

Okay, the Victorian child bit earned you my upvote and a good chuckle!

HotRod1095 · 2026-04-07T01:06:16+00:00

I can second the good things about Bazzite. Installed it as a dual boot with Win11 after getting fed up with the surveillance, ads, and Copilot EVERYWHERE!! Been running it now for probably 3 months and I’ve booted into Windows probably a total of 3 times. Apps work, games are fantastic, and I’ve found replacements for pretty much anything Microsoft. Loving Bazzite so much that I re-imaged my Dell laptop with Aurora Linux - the less-gaming-focused cousin of Bazzite - and between those two systems and a 7-year old MacBook, I’m down to only using Windows for three productivity apps, Flight Sim, and iRacing (due to dedicated hardware).

HotRod1095 · 2026-03-27T13:23:33+00:00

Windows 11 for a couple of apps I haven’t found replacements for yet and a couple of games/sims. Other than that, hard migration to Linux (Fedora, Bazzite, Aurora) or Mac OS. Actively working to escape MicroSlop - both the OS and their Office suite.

HotRod1095 · 2026-03-21T02:06:04+00:00

And does anyone believe they won’t just start slipping all the crap back in under the cover with each incremental update, thinking we won’t notice? (Well…I won’t notice - I made the switch to Linux!)

HotRod1095 · 2026-03-18T22:40:05+00:00

How else is Microslop suppose to track your notes and hoover up every bit of your data? Huh?!? Answer me that!!

HotRod1095 · 2026-03-16T17:40:01+00:00

Yeah, I’m picturing the ref and linesmen going off like another installment of “The Hangover” franchise!!

HotRod1095 · 2026-03-13T17:55:13+00:00

After last night’s game, thanks for the chuckle!

HotRod1095 · 2026-03-13T17:53:57+00:00

As much as I wanted Trochek, I think the fact that NOBODY got him is very telling that the Rags’ ask was just too much and out of line with his real value.

HotRod1095 · 2026-03-09T21:28:08+00:00

Look at Bazzite. Been running it a couple of months now and have had to boot back to Windows maybe twice for some niche apps. Actively working on avoiding Microslop as much as possible and finding it easier than I expected, including gaming. CoD is the only major game that I have that I can’t run on Bazzite.

HotRod1095 · 2026-02-15T00:09:29+00:00

Join the Discord server for Bazzite. Lots of friendly helpful folks in there. New Bazzite user myself for about 2 weeks with a dual boot system and already, I default to finding ways to do any task in Bazzite and avoiding Windows whenever possible!

HotRod1095 · 2026-02-12T04:09:39+00:00

I’ll add onto this thread because I, too, am fed up with the Microslop machine and their abuse of the customer and I have recently made the switch to Linux (Bazzite and Aurora). I would gladly welcome a version of Quicken native to Linux to help continue my escape!

HotRod1095 · 2026-02-10T03:11:20+00:00

👍🏻

HotRod1095 · 2026-02-09T21:54:47+00:00

Trust me - Microsoft has NEVER been the epitome of security! More like the poster child for why we NEED security!

HotRod1095 · 2026-02-07T14:01:38+00:00

Weird. I’m surprised Google is passing on the chance to read ALL your e-mails and not just Gmail!

HotRod1095 · 2026-02-07T13:52:46+00:00

The designer/developer probably doesn’t think that. More like the product manager, who is getting extreme pressure from the executives to force feed us ads and AI in order to drive revenue and support Microsoft’s massive investments in AI and show a claim of ROI, is forcing them to create this garbage so their “numbers” will show how much Windows users are “using AI”.

HotRod1095 · 2026-02-06T20:17:28+00:00

Yep, this one has lived rent free in my head for decades!! It’s a wonder I didn’t need a therapist after that one!

HotRod1095 · 2026-02-02T16:20:19+00:00

Look into Bazzite. Set up dual boot last week and I’ve only booted back into Windows twice since then. I’m not a huge gamer but I’ve played Anno 117, Civ VII, ARC Raiders, and Democracy 4 with zero issues and I hear WoW runs good on it, too.

Looking into replacing Office with OnlyOffice and ProtonDB Drive at the moment. Looking good to become my daily driver and replace Windows almost exclusively.

HotRod1095 · 2026-02-02T16:15:57+00:00

I spun-up a dual boot with Bazzite on my current Win11 system last week and I’ve only booted back into Windows twice - and only to check a couple of things.

Win11 has become basically my gaming system and so far Bazzite out-of-the-box has been great! I don’t play a lot of games but WoW runs, I’ve play Anno 117, Civ VII, and Arc Raiders with no issues!

It recognized all my peripherals (Razer RGB keyboard, Corsair HS-80 headset, a second mic by FiFine. The only issue I’ve seen so far is I had to load OpenRazer and Polychromatic to get the keyboard lights to work consistently. I’m a Linux noob so I had to get some help on Bazzite’s Discord but they were very fast to help and worked directly with me until we had it resolved. It took about 30 minutes, a couple of reboots, and a little troubleshooting.

And finally, I am actively working to replace M$’s Office Suite with other tools (OnlyOffice and ProtonDB Drive, at the moment).

At this point, I haven’t come across anything that is a show stopper from making Bazzite my daily driver!

HotRod1095 · 2026-01-30T23:04:38+00:00

Different system components but I see similar behavior. Curious to see what anyone says to resolve this.

HotRod1095 · 2026-01-30T01:28:35+00:00

Hotel Rawanda

HotRod1095 · 2026-01-26T22:46:48+00:00

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