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.
Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days?
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 18 hours agoAnd 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.
SolidShake@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Artisian@lemmy.world 17 hours 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
SolidShake@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
No. These are options you select when first installing windows.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 14 hours 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.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 17 hours 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.
Feyd@programming.dev 16 hours ago
Like cool you feel that way about windows I guess but you’re spreading misinformation
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 9 hours ago
That’s just a stub, an “ad”. Whatsapp isn’t installed.