Have to use Windows for work (I've asked), the ads have been getting worse and worse on my work laptop. Today got a game ad notification... That's clearly too far, right? Like I have to clear notifications, so I have to see it
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Surprised I've not seen anyone mention shutup10. Been using it on all new installs for me and family since migrating from 7 to 10 Turn off anything you want, including all that bullshit and the data mining etc. https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
No one has mentioned it because they're dealing with a laptop from work they have no say over
But yes, for everyone on personal devices, it seems to be pretty nice. I've been using privacy.sexy for a while, but it can't seem to do much without breaking things.