Microsoft's President for Windows is getting cancelled on social media - here's why

Pavan Davuluri probably expected a routine promotional moment when he posted about Windows becoming an “agentic OS” and invited people to tune into Microsoft Ignite. Instead, he walked straight into a storm of replies that turned his announcement into one of the most loudly mocked tech posts of the week. What followed was a full-scale cancellation attempt from users who feel that Microsoft has been drifting away from what they actually want from Windows.

The message itself was short and optimistic, the usual pre-event excitement you see from tech executives. The phrase “agentic OS” instantly set people off.

For a large group of Windows users, those two words confirmed every fear they have been raising for years. The complaints have been building for a while: too much AI, too much cloud dependency, too much data collection, too much bloat, too little stability, and too little control. Davuluri’s post arrived at the exact moment those frustrations were already boiling, so it did not take long for people to unload every grievance they had.

Scrolling through the replies feels like walking into a room where everyone is already mid-rant. Some users accused Microsoft of slowly destroying the OS. Others said they had already switched to Linux or macOS because they were tired of feeling like testers rather than customers.

A few replies were calm and pointed, but most were hostile enough to make the thread look unmoderated. The overall sentiment was the same though, no matter how intense the wording: people do not want an operating system that behaves like an AI service hub. They want fast boot times, predictable updates, fewer background processes, fewer ads, and an interface that does not change every few months.

Heck, even PewDiePie went on a whole new journey to get away from Google and Microsoft’s shady data collection tactics by joining the Linux club. And it seems his switch was right on time.

Recent decisions inside Microsoft added fuel to the reaction. Windows engineering has been reorganized around AI driven features, and several executives have been talking about a future where the OS will handle tasks for users rather than simply provide tools. To many people this has sounded more like a sales pitch for AI infrastructure than a vision shaped by community feedback. Davuluri’s post simply stepped on the tripwire.

After nearly 500 insults, memes, and users telling him to stop pushing an AI heavy future, comments on the post were locked. Popular tech account @vxunderground also highlighted the incident and noted, “You will not silence us.”

The conflict around the post reveals a deeper trust problem. Microsoft wants to push Windows into a new era driven by automation and cloud intelligence. Many of its users only want the company to fix the basics and leave the rest optional.

Until those two perspectives meet somewhere in the middle, moments like this will keep happening. Davuluri’s post did not create the backlash on its own. It simply exposed how wide the gap has become between Microsoft’s roadmap and what everyday Windows users believe they signed up for.