Not just that. Every windows update I have to go through the fucking setup screen. No I don't want an office subscription, no I don't want onedrive, no don't tailor ads, no don't collect telemetry.
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Settings > System > Notifications > Suggest ways I can finish setting up my device to get the most out of Windows
Disable this, there are a few others in that area you might consider disabling too
Thank you!
The ONE time I miss reddit awards.
You will just have to use good old poorly drawn images of coins.
There's always linux
I really can’t think of any valid reason to use Windows in 2023 other than “it’s required for work” or “I’m just a gamer.” Not being a gamer myself I’m not sure how valid the latter is though.
Still can’t play most competitive fps games on Linux. There’s a couple, but the majority are still windows only.
My reasoning is that it’s way too inconvenient to need to restart my pc multiple times a day if I want to play games. Add in that my audio solution doesn’t work at all on Linux (GoXLR) that requires me to use a separate set of peripherals and it just becomes less of a hassle to use windows over Linux.
By „can‘t play“ do you mean natively? Because proton makes it possible to play a ton of games.
Anti-cheats block Linux. EAC theoretically supports it, but from what I can tell it’s a less secure option for both windows and Linux, ensuring a lot of devs never turn it on.
Also idk what it is, but proton performance seems to be ~1/2-1/3 of what I get on native windows for pretty much every game. Had to give up on BG3 on Linux after I maxed out at ~40fps and huge stutters.
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"No reason to use Windows except 2 of the biggest reasons to use a PC."
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Adobe software for creative work. Afaik there's okay replacements, but not great ones. Also, migrating your Lightroom catalog to a new software is kinda a ridiculous task
I'm a professional gaymer and i use pop os daily
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have u tried making installation media with Rufus? they'll let u use a local account and skip all that. also tiny 11 is what I use, cuts out Microsoft's bullshit
Rufus is a fucking godsend.
Love the username. CBB TV 4 life
You could grab the ISO and use ventoy. No need to format USBs again and again. Can store multiple ISOs and whatnot.
I ditched Windows like 15 years ago and never looked back. How can you cut out Microsoft’s bullshit when Microsoft’s bullshit is literally the OS? I’m not talking about spyware, telemetry, etc. I’m talking about the actual OS itself and its trash APIs, structure, etc.
What you’re talking about seems like a half-measure, the problem isn’t just a few things you can strip out of the OS, the problem is the OS itself.
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They just keep getting worse and worse! I've decided to investigate whether one of the Linux distributions is able to be my daily driver. With everything being a web app these days, incompatibility with business programs I use is no longer an issue. The only question now is, are my peripherals compatible?
Water is wet.
On a serious note. MS is still evil.
They were flying low, that's all, it is still the same shitty company.
One of the top reasons I finally went Linux and I don't regret making the change one bit.
Idc, i use Linux.
Now im wondering if I can install Edge on Linux.
You can, and there's a Flatpak for it, too
Oh there is a flatpak. That's somehow hilarious to me.
Use Flatpak.
One of the only times I'd prefer a flatpak or a snap... Jail the hell out of that browser.
How surprising. The company that only knows how to do one thing won't stop doing the thing.
In other news, company doesn't think it's to blame for it's bad products says 'it's the consumers fault for having expectations of quality.'
Now it just needs to stop forcing windows 11 on windows 10 users
the title says that Microsoft hasn't stopped forcing Edge.
Oh shoot
I read it the same way. I thought maybe this whole google getting taken to court business for manipulating their way to top search engine scared Microsoft by nah..
...why would they?
It got installed edge on an android phone as well.
While Microsoft doesn't normally control anything on android, my workplace requires a Microsoft intune to be installed to run the company email or teams on your phone. This effectively creates a workprofile with it's own play store and a forced install of several applications such as edge
That's your workplace doing that, not Microsoft
Yeah seems like a request for a work provided phone would fix it. A guy I used to work with bought a burner flip phone when something like this was required and got the company to provide a work phone. After a month or two he would just openly use his normal phone and no one batted an eye.
By your logic it was my school that wanted us to learn MS products, not Microsoft. Are you sure about that?
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Demand they provide a work phone. Never put Microsoft's stuff for work on your personal devices!!!
I would never do that to my personal phone, I installed that in a old phone that I had laying around.
That works, too. Glad to see people not trusting work apps on their private daily devices.
You should demand a work phone but work apps are usually insolated from the rest of the system for both yours and your employers benefit.
It enables your job to track you off hours. Did you go to a protest on the weekend your company doesn't approve of? If you aren't careful, you might give it permissions to your photos. If it's some form of 2FA, it might desire access to your SMS. In earlier days, the Outlook app use to be able to wipe the phone, it is more sandboxed now. But can you see how allowing access to your private information is a bad idea? Just say no. If it's for work related apps, they owe you a device to run it on.
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