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    Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience (sh.itjust.works)
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    I can't believe a paid OS needs a tool like this. Here's a GUI tool called OFGB (Oh Frick Go Back) to remove all the ads in Windows 11. It's understandable if a free OS or app needs ad support, but this is just crazy github.com/xM4ddy/OFGB

    [Screenshot Of a GUI Tool To Removes Ads From Various Places Around Windows 11]

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    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 229 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    Conditioning everyone to see their computers as media consumption kiosks instead of the powerful, productive machines they are. That's where MS OSes are headed. They tried too early with Windows 8 Metro, but they haven't lost sight of that concept.

    "My TV shows ads so it's only natural my computer does too." - I bet a lot of people already think like this.

    [–] db2@lemmy.world 86 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Pretty soon it'll want to use your idle cpu net and disk for undisclosed purposes as part of the EULA.

    [–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 6 months ago

    The Telemetry collection service does a good job of that already, especially on laptops where it wakes them from sleep, and eats through the battery while idle in a backpack. I've been stung by this many times since Windows 8 - I now unplug then hibernate my last remaining Windows laptop, work-issued.

    Also moved as much personal gear as possible over to various Linux distros a while ago, except my PC where some games cannot detect my sim peripherals & freetrack emulation under WINE

    [–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

    Pretty insightful, and quite possible as people are being trained on the “app experience” vs computing proper.