Sorry to be that guy: Install Linux?

But seriously: l'd like to know as well.

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Got this via Mastodon which will not let me search for the source.

If you're in the US, when you set up Windows for the first time, select English (Europe) or English (World), not English (US). That will stop it installing all the bloatware that USians are not protected from but everyone else is.

Use Firefox and uBlock origin

Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior, Linus Torvolds?

You can't

Laughs in Linux.

Why does it seem like any issue with Windows is met by "INSTALL LINUX!!!!". If the check engine light on my car comes on I am not going to buy a truck.

Don't use chrome

Edge/Windows is literally the technological equivalent of an obsessive ex-girlfriend.

Microsoft Reward points

What the fuck is this?

start using linux lmao

I'd like to mention Windows 10 LTSC here. It's an official Windows 10 Edition from Microsoft, designed for enterprise and embedded usage. Therefore it has no bloatware, no annoying feature updates, no ads and only the absolute minimum of telemetry. If you don't like Windows but somehow have to use it, this might be the right choice for you.

Use software like shutupwin10 or various other open source debloat scripts to remove a shit-ton of annoying features in windows. Or, as lemmy galaxy-brains would have it, JuSt uSe LiNuX

One way would be to switch your default search engine to Bing in Chrome.

It's so desperate.

How about you galaxy brain "just switch to linux" people actually give some helpful advice? Clearly there's a registry edit that can be made for Windows users that would take all of 5 seconds to complete, rather than an entire week formatting, installing, reconfiguring an entirely new OS that also requires a degree of command line knowledge.

Sailing the high seas for an enterprise edition, combined with https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

The above is my solution until taking the other advice on this thread and transitioning to Linux. Only thing holding me back there is gaming (which already works great for most people, I had trouble with my GPU). There are so many things about Linux that are just better than Windows now, and a high number of use cases these days are met with Firefox and libre office.

Have you tried binging it?

It is time to stray away from Windows.

Click Yes.

Install Linux. The end.

Maybe have a look at the tool from 0&0 called "shut up windows 10"

Don't use chrome

Straight up the same playbook that other entities used in the past to get your grandma to install unwanted search bars in internet explorer. No wonder Windows Defender is so advanced, Microsoft has a lot of experience as the developer of the most popular malware in the world.