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But what about infamous Win10 data collection, forced updates, etc.?

• phr4ts 10y ago
  There are ways to block them. I use all of the following Netlimiter, Glasswire, Spybot Anti-Beacon, disable Windows Update service (though it has a habit of turning itself back on) and finally, Du Meter (This is the most important. The network toolbar alerts me when something's downloading without my permission)
  • quikoa 10y ago
    It's just ridiculous that you have to jump through so many hoops.
  • snowwrestler 10y ago
    This is the Windows equivalent of the stereotypical Linux over-complicated advice like "oh that's easy, just build from source but set the following compiler flags..."
  • dingaling 10y ago
    "Windows is only free if your time is worth nothing"