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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SolidShake@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoIdk 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.
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Feyd@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Like cool you feel that way about windows I guess but you’re spreading misinformation
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
SolidShake@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No. These are options you select when first installing windows.
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.