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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by Numerlor on Saturday June 22, 2024 @07:48AM (#40758326)
Reading through this thread as an user of Windows from the EU most of the issues I see mentioned here are just non-existent, like OneDrive nagging that has never happened to me
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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by pauby on Saturday June 22, 2024 @08:05AM (#40758456)
> just non-existent

You have just been lucky. Nothing more.

A classic case of it doesn't happen on _my computer_ so it must be a lie.

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by Numerlor on Saturday June 22, 2024 @08:41AM (#40758716)
I have been lucky on multiple installs on multiple computers? I'm not saying what people are complaining about are lies, I'm saying the issues don't seem to exist in EU installs on Windows. For example the only ads I've seen were during the initial setup screen and pre-installed apps/shortcuts that are gone in a minute of work, and OneDrive can be uninstalled in two clicks.

The only issue that is still here would be bing in start search but that's trivial to disable compared to the configurations I had to do on my linux desktops, so while it is bad and shouldn't be a thing I don't see it as a big issue when comparing to linux.

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by janice1999 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @08:42AM (#40758718)
Windows is literally different in the EU and the rest of the world.

https://blogs.microsoft.com/eupolicy/2024/03/07/microsoft-dm...

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