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Microsoft's comeback in recent years has been very impressive to witness. Although I still can't make the jump to Windows, I'd at least be open to it at some po

Microsoft's comeback in recent years has been very impressive to witness. Although I still can't make the jump to Windows, I'd at least be open to it at some point. Last time I booted a Windows machine, it showed me an ad on startup. Get rid of shit like that and I'll consider it.

pch00 3y ago
If you live in the EEA you'll soon be able to get a de-crapified Windows 11 direct from Microsoft: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/europeans-can-soon-strip-bing-edge-other-microsoft-cruft-from-windows-11/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/europeans-can-soon-s...
veidr 3y ago
That shit is their bread and butter, though. They will literally never get rid of it, they've spent the past 5 years doubling down on that, and then doubling down on it again. Their message is clear: if you don't like it, fuck off. I have to have one Windows machine for certain shit, and while you can get rid of a lot of the ads only once, certain ones, like in-UI ads for Microsoft Teams, just keep coming back like Terminator. There's no way to get rid of them. At best, you can get rid of this specific version of the ad, but they will add a new "different" one in the next OS update. But Apple is on their six. My kids recently got old enough to need their own accounts on computers, and it is this hellish whack-a-mole with ads for Apple Music. Even though I think Apple is about as good as we'll ever get from a for-profit corporation, it's still deplorable. You will never not get ads if you cede control of "your" hardware to some corporate jackasses.