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Hopefully they continue by removing: Candy Crush, "Get Office", Minecraft, ... and all other trash that gets installed by default.

positivecomment 9y ago
When that "Get Office" thing first popped-up, I was sure my PC was infected with malware and came to the brink of formatting my hard drive. Later came the random console pop-up from the automatic WSL updates [1] and then I did panic enough to actually format all the things but that's another story. [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/841 https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/841
- etatoby 9y ago
  The random console popups give me the jeebies! I still don't know what causes them. Never had such things on older Windows/Lenovo machines.
  - Jwarder 9y ago
    You might want to review the scheduled tasks. My system had "OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration" set to run every hour. It only pops up for an instant, but it would grab input focus and thus do bad things to my blood pressure.
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proactivesvcs 9y ago
...the integrated advertising platform, cloud software, the mandatory spying components...
- BrockSamson 9y ago
  This is my problem with Windows 10. It is no longer an operating system it is an advertising platform.
  - kristianc 9y ago
    This isn't massively new either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Desktop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Desktop
    - gurkendoktor 9y ago
      Active Desktop was always optional, wasn't it? And was it really used for advertising by default? I thought it was mostly arbitrary browser windows that you could attach to the desktop.
      - kristianc 9y ago
        Active Desktop was on by default in Windows 98 and had channels from content partners that pushed to the desktop.
        tjoff 9y ago
        No. This was something that your PC manufacturer might have done after an install but not by default when installing from scratch. Also, a completely different thing entirely.
  - roryisok 9y ago
    It's both. Having ads on some apps doesn't make it not an OS anymore. I won't deny it's an advertising platform, just like android or ios or television or radio or the internet. And while it's equally annoying on all those media/systems, it doesn't lessen their or usefulness
    - yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago
      Not sure iOS belongs on that list.
tonyedgecombe 9y ago
That is so annoying, in particular that you can't remove a lot of the junk.
kennydude 9y ago
I remember Windows XP where all of the extras were tiny and actually good. From what I've seen even stuff like Solitaire has ads these days :G
harrygeez 9y ago
They're not bundled with the OS. They're installed automatically after Windows installation is complete.

positivecomment 9y ago

When that "Get Office" thing first popped-up, I was sure my PC was infected with malware and came to the brink of formatting my hard drive. Later came the random console pop-up from the automatic WSL updates [1] and then I did panic enough to actually format all the things but that's another story. [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/841 https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/841

etatoby 9y ago
The random console popups give me the jeebies! I still don't know what causes them. Never had such things on older Windows/Lenovo machines.
- Jwarder 9y ago
  You might want to review the scheduled tasks. My system had "OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration" set to run every hour. It only pops up for an instant, but it would grab input focus and thus do bad things to my blood pressure.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]

proactivesvcs 9y ago

...the integrated advertising platform, cloud software, the mandatory spying components...

BrockSamson 9y ago
This is my problem with Windows 10. It is no longer an operating system it is an advertising platform.
- kristianc 9y ago
  This isn't massively new either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Desktop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Desktop
  - gurkendoktor 9y ago
    Active Desktop was always optional, wasn't it? And was it really used for advertising by default? I thought it was mostly arbitrary browser windows that you could attach to the desktop.
    - kristianc 9y ago
      Active Desktop was on by default in Windows 98 and had channels from content partners that pushed to the desktop.
      - tjoff 9y ago
        No. This was something that your PC manufacturer might have done after an install but not by default when installing from scratch. Also, a completely different thing entirely.
- roryisok 9y ago
  It's both. Having ads on some apps doesn't make it not an OS anymore. I won't deny it's an advertising platform, just like android or ios or television or radio or the internet. And while it's equally annoying on all those media/systems, it doesn't lessen their or usefulness
  - yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago
    Not sure iOS belongs on that list.

tonyedgecombe 9y ago

That is so annoying, in particular that you can't remove a lot of the junk.

kennydude 9y ago

I remember Windows XP where all of the extras were tiny and actually good. From what I've seen even stuff like Solitaire has ads these days :G

harrygeez 9y ago

They're not bundled with the OS. They're installed automatically after Windows installation is complete.