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Re:The Day Windows Died by cjblack on Sunday April 02, 2023 @06:56PM (#35416190)
It's infuriating how much work one has to do to clean up what should already be a bare-bones, stock, factory environment. All of these 8 kb "apps" like LinkedIn, TikTok, etc. that you "uninstall" but then re-appear right in the Add or Remove Programs menu.

I haven't tried, but what do these little TikTok, LinkedIn apps even do? I imagine they don't install a local version of LinkedIn to peruse, right? I don't totally understand how the economic incentive for MSFT and manufacturers can be high enough to make these actively user-hostile actions worth it.

Maybe I'm cynical or naive

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Re:The Day Windows Died by LelouBil on Sunday April 02, 2023 @07:09PM (#35416309)
They just redirect you to the Microsoft store page for the application
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Re:The Day Windows Died by intrasight on Sunday April 02, 2023 @07:54PM (#35416733)
Just use Windows Server as your desktop like the rest of us hackers.
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Re:The Day Windows Died by abliefern on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:53AM (#35419036)
I've never seen those apps on my machine, very strange. Is this an OEM choice?
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Re:The Day Windows Died by dev_daftly on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:14AM (#35423913)
Yea, people are confusing what comes in windows by default with what is added by the OEM as most of them have never installed a fresh copy of windows.
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Re:The Day Windows Died by grantsh on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:04PM (#35433641)
I installed a fresh copy of windows straight from the official ISO a month or two ago and was bombarded with candy crush, tiktok, CNN, instagram, LinkedIn, etc. It took me a few solid hours to get it out of my way as much as possible.

After that, even on my brand new Ryzen 9, it took 15 seconds to open a web browser. I decided to quit my windows-only games and delete windows in favor of Linux (like usual).

It's not just OEM installs, perhaps you got windows a few versions back and updated it avoiding the new bloatware crap.

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