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My rudimentary Win10 setup is such a gaming-only system, only Apps installed are Steam, GoG, Epic and Origin. The Spam that comes from those apps aside (mostly
by littlecranky67 5y ago
My rudimentary Win10 setup is such a gaming-only system, only Apps installed are Steam, GoG, Epic and Origin. The Spam that comes from those apps aside (mostly sales popup banners/notifications), I still receive the occasional "Your windows is at risk because you don't use OneDrive", or "Windows Defender has not found anything" or "Hey, this is our new Edge browser we installed and placed a shortcut on your desktop, want to make it your default browser now?" spam.
- LinuxBender 5y agoSome of that can be disabled with "O&O ShutUp10" or with some of the debloating scripts various people have created over time also mentioned in this thread.
- littlecranky67 5y agoYes you can alaways mod the system, but please re-read the thread. I answered to the question what spam windows generates. Saying there is no spam because you can run a script to minimize, is like saying you don't receive spam mails because you run a spamfilter.
- LinuxBender 5y agoI get what you mean. I fought a similar battle back in 2013 when a document was proposed to the IETF, never ratified but yet network engineers everywhere adopted it and the anti-spam industry exploded. I somethings think these things are under-engineered on purpose so that friends of friends can create new business models.