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Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware (www.pcmag.com)
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[–] 19 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Alternatively, you can get a copy of Win 10 LTSC that doesn't have any bloatware pre-installed.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That cool. So stuck on a decade old OS.

    Windows is a cancer y’all let run rampant while worrying about side loading, App Stores and removable batteries.

    Meanwhile MS has doubled down on their monopoly, all the while going all in on the “Windows as service”, which as many of you have discovered, is about ads and telemetry over actual improvements to the core OS.

    flips water bottle

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    I have to use Adobe Creative Suite for my job. By have to, I mean have to, because I get client files that are in proprietary formats, and my RIP software is only available for PC. It doesn't matter if I would prefer going back to XP, or even 3.1; that's simply not an option for me professionally.

    Also, my work station doesn't belong to me, and you can be that if I changed the OS to a linux distribution I'd be looking for a new job pretty goddamn fast.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Windows 10 is not a decade old, it had several major release that were not marketed as new versions because the “last version ever” craze was on.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You’re right; 8 years. And in 2025, support ends (aside from security patches) and the OS is retired.

    🙃

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Windows 11 was released in 2021. Like I said, Windows 10 had several major releases, so its age shouldn’t be counted from the first windows 10 (things like creators update, redstone update etc). Also, what kind of maintenance do you want besides security patches for Windows? Surely not some Cortana BS xbox game bar something something ad popup?

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