▲ 1491 ▼ Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware (www.pcmag.com) submitted 3 years ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 430 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DreamySweet@lemmy.sdf.org 78 points 3 years ago (2 children) They always knew, they just didn't care. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] giant_smeeg@feddit.uk 22 points 3 years ago (3 children) Im running Windows 11 on my new laptop. Every major update it's like: PLZ LET EDGE BE UR BROWSER BRO PLZ, OFFICE SUBSCRIPTION LOCATION? Let me just install tiktok and FB apps. My laptop officially supports Ubuntu, think I might make the switch full time. I don't game on my laptop and most of it's use is browser, plex and emails... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Chriszz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago First off love the way you described them. Secondly, it reminds me of how microsoft keeps trying to charge my empty fake credit card I use for Xbox game pass. (You need to put a credit card to get any free month so I use a dummy). I get an email when they charge it literally twice a week like PLEASE JUST A SCRAP OF MONEY permalink fedilink source parent [+] NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fergie434@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I’ve got a scheduled task that checks every 3 seconds if edge is running and kills it. It’s Called fuckedge.ps1 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) Or they thought forcing them on you made them money and care about nothing else. Now they've realized it's a net negative. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DreamySweet@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 years ago They will just be replaced with something else that you can't remove. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] giant_smeeg@feddit.uk 22 points 3 years ago (3 children) Im running Windows 11 on my new laptop. Every major update it's like: PLZ LET EDGE BE UR BROWSER BRO PLZ, OFFICE SUBSCRIPTION LOCATION? Let me just install tiktok and FB apps. My laptop officially supports Ubuntu, think I might make the switch full time. I don't game on my laptop and most of it's use is browser, plex and emails... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Chriszz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago First off love the way you described them. Secondly, it reminds me of how microsoft keeps trying to charge my empty fake credit card I use for Xbox game pass. (You need to put a credit card to get any free month so I use a dummy). I get an email when they charge it literally twice a week like PLEASE JUST A SCRAP OF MONEY permalink fedilink source parent [+] NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fergie434@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I’ve got a scheduled task that checks every 3 seconds if edge is running and kills it. It’s Called fuckedge.ps1 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chriszz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago First off love the way you described them. Secondly, it reminds me of how microsoft keeps trying to charge my empty fake credit card I use for Xbox game pass. (You need to put a credit card to get any free month so I use a dummy). I get an email when they charge it literally twice a week like PLEASE JUST A SCRAP OF MONEY permalink fedilink source parent
[+] NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fergie434@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago I’ve got a scheduled task that checks every 3 seconds if edge is running and kills it. It’s Called fuckedge.ps1 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) Or they thought forcing them on you made them money and care about nothing else. Now they've realized it's a net negative. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DreamySweet@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 years ago They will just be replaced with something else that you can't remove. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DreamySweet@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 years ago They will just be replaced with something else that you can't remove. permalink fedilink source parent