Yet I bet they will still collect many, many gigabytes

Click, Tab, space, Tab, space, Tab, space, Tab, space, Tab, tab, space

Mr.Gates is not in Microsoft for years, but yes

Switched to Linux... got tired of them changing the settings for me with updates.

The illusion of choice

Bill Gates no longer works for Microsoft. He couldn't care less about you're data.

Welcome to “windows as a service”. At this point Windows is basically like a freemium app.

I just bought a used laptop that came with windows 11. After all of this data collection crap it started blue screening after I installed the first set of updates.

Pop Os has been running flawlessly.

Slipstreamed windows is the only way. Skip all this bullshit and pre-remove all the bloatware fuckery too. Highly recommend if you are installing windows regularly: https://techcult.com/how-to-slipstream-windows-10-installation/

Our internal documentation for setting up a windows VM literally says "Press 'maybe later' for the next 9 screens"

Every year that passes makes me happier I switched to Linux only instead of dual booting. Happy Debian user here.

Where linux tho

Ribbit

Spoiler alert, when you hit accept all tabs go back to "on".

You guys should try making your install media using Rufus

When entering security questions:

down arrow tab keyboardspamkeyboardspamkeyboardspam enter

down arrow tab keyboardspamkeyboardspamkeyboardspam enter

down arrow tab keyboardspamkeyboardspamkeyboardspam enter

I'm using NTLite for the last two years to make "custom Windows" that gets rid of much of these data-grabbing s**t. I recommend people here to try it.

You have tons of features like disabling default shit like teams, photos, the much-hated media player, default apps etc. And enable local account creation without resorting to Shift+F10 to CMD and typing the bypass command there.

It also cuts off the other versions of Windows 11 that you don't want in the boot media. I recommend this software over others because you only need to customize it once before you install the OS. Here

To be honest, I'd forgotten that "installing windows" was a thing

I LITERALLY do this every single day at work

Does it required a microsoft account now? Or can we still install it without connected to the internet

i don't care enough, waiting for critical mass

Hey Microsoft , how about https://youtube.com/watch?v=cMTAUr3Nm6I

You need to let it go!