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And the most “bloatware” are just windows apps

The Windows 11 Pro edition at my work had an entry for Whatsapp in the start menu after a fresh install…

This “Pro” edition had a popup ad for one of Microsoft’s games pushed as a notification. Literally a popup ad for a game in a Professional edition of the software. Something my company paid extra for.

I have 0 “ai integration” on my PC.

I’m constantly playing wack-a-mole with Copilot. It’s in Notepad by default…

Yeah, there is a reason my home PCs are all Linux Mint.

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SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Idk why you have those issues. I disable copilot. I disable all taskbar add-ons, I disable and remove all notifications on the bottom right corner. I disable one drive. I have received 0 pop up ads for the entirety of windows 11 at home and at my full-time job. My wife’s computer is the same way as mine and she knows way less about to do anything but open steam and play some games.

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- Artisian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Needing to go through and disable all the stuff sounds like managing bloat to me, no?
  
  I’m personally angry that we have ads on the default minesweeper and solitaire. Gross
  
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  - SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No. These are options you select when first installing windows.
    
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    BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    There is no way to install windows fresh, have all of those items disabled, and have all of the bloat uninstalled without creating a custom image.
    
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- WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The problem is that Microsoft doesn’t honor your wishes. There is no button you can click that says, “opt me out of all AI and cloud data features.” You can disable apps, buttons, and tracking today, but there will be new ones out tomorrow. And there may be a period of weeks or months of them sucking your data up before you figure out what they’re tracking and how to shut it down.
  
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- Feyd@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Like cool you feel that way about windows I guess but you’re spreading misinformation
  
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FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

The Windows 11 Pro edition at my work had an entry for Whatsapp in the start menu after a fresh install…

That’s just a stub, an “ad”. Whatsapp isn’t installed.

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