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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by copper-float on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @02:28PM (#35617896)
All of these gross advertising decisions baked into the operating system disgust me. Not to mention all the tracking they probably do to you on top of it.

The best solution I've found is Windows 10 IoT Enterprise. It feels like an alternate timeline where Microsoft didn't dive headfirst into manipulative advertising practices. None of those pointless bloatware apps, no blatant advertising loitered across the OS.

I don't want tabloid trash baked into my start menu. It would be one thing if we were actually allowed to curate and choose the news, but it's all selected for us. It feels like they're trying to manipulate the way people think with decisions like that.

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by baal80spam on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @03:54PM (#35619146)
> The best solution I've found is Windows 10 IoT Enterprise

What is the difference between this one and LTSC?

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by userbinator on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @09:40PM (#35623233)
According to MS, the IoT edition is "missing" many "features" --- which in other words "doesn't have the crap you probably don't want if you only want an OS."
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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by CamperBob2 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:12AM (#35624167)
It is missing absolutely nothing useful. It also will receive security patches through 2031, unlike the normal LTSC distribution which gets 5 years of support. You have complete control over which updates, if any, are installed.

It is a big pain in the neck to get an LTSC or LTSC IoT license.

It is worth it.

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by baggachipz on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:09PM (#35619337)
> I don't want tabloid trash baked into my start menu. It would be one thing if we were actually allowed to curate and choose the news, but it's all selected for us. It feels like they're trying to manipulate the way people think with decisions like that.

No, they're paid handsomely by others who are trying to manipulate the way people think.

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