Reddit and Windows

13esq, 10 months ago

I thought we were boycotting Reddit.

Every visit gives them value, even if you don’t submit any content or post any comments.

If you must use Reddit, stick to the NSFW subs as they don’t profit from them and turn Reddit in to an unmarketable porn site.

Rentlar, 10 months ago

Windows:

Can we plz use speech recognition 🙏

No? Can we use location trackingggg?

No? How about advertising ID~~~~

Come onnnn you’re no fun. ☹ Also is your wifi on? Since you’re being such a meanie not letting us use your data, we’re making it difficult to continue without a Microsoft account. Hmph.

Hyperreality, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Also is your wifi on? Since you’re being such a meanie not letting us use your data, we’re making it difficult to continue without a Microsoft account. Hmph.

TBF the last time I tried to install linux, it made it difficult to get my wifi to work, because the drivers simply didn't exist.

If Microsoft sold linux, they'd call that privacy by design.

infyrin, 10 months ago

“We want to update!”

“I don’t want to”

“Well, I’m going to make it a pain for you to update. You can keep putting off the meaningless update in this little scheduler we have for you. But I’ll keep relying on you to forget sometime soon, so I’ll update! YOU WILL UPDATE! SECURITY! SECURITY!”

Pandoras_Can_Opener, 10 months ago

I haven’t used windows in about a decade. I’m … Floored. Seems thats really not an experience one needs to have.

Rentlar, 10 months ago

howtogeek.com/…/fyi-windows-11-home-will-require-…

slazer2au, 10 months ago

If you want to go through and murder some more useless windows processes check out the tool in this video. Also a good tool for bulk installation of common applications

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_BSNKeP6w

firebyte, 10 months ago

Best program I’ve bought was NTLite, which allows you to customise a Windows ISO before installation, or edit a ‘live’ environment though this isn’t recommended. It takes a bit to get used to, though it’s incredibly powerful.

You can strip out pretty much all of that crud, including Edge, and prevent it from coming back using NTLite’s Host Update wizard, rather than Windows Update.

I have no financial interest in NTLite, I hope this helps someone make Windows decent again. It’s worth the money (about $50 if I recall correctly).

loom_in_essence, 10 months ago

This is cool. I’ll look into it.

RightHandOfIkaros, 10 months ago

It seems the rumors were true, Lemmy users really do have hate-boners for Windows and rose-glasses for Linux. Not really different from what I expected, but not to the extent I have observed in my time here. It’s rather interesting to see.

catuprisingsociety, 10 months ago

Shocking news: Users of open-source platform like open-source software

RightHandOfIkaros, 10 months ago

Its not shocking. I even said I was not shocked in my comment. I just didnt expect to see as much of it as I do.

Coldgoron, 10 months ago

For your next windows install d/c the Ethernet cable and dont put in the wifi, itll let you skip the account making process… for now.

loom_in_essence, 10 months ago

I did skip the account creation process by choosing “offline” account (a clearly-intentionally-misleading name, since I can definitely go online). And in order to avoid having suggested ads I had to choose the “limited experience” (or some similar term, I forget exactly what it’s called).

So in the end I was still able to avoid the most gross stuff, but I had to run a gauntlet of loaded terms and weird social pressure from MS devs.

Coldgoron, 10 months ago

Sounds like its gotten worse, best of luck.

Lakija, 10 months ago

That’s funny. There is one post for your enjoyment surrounded by ads and suggestions. My goodness.