It seems the report of my demise has been greatly exaggerated, would you like to see an ad?
I love this image, but you know that Clippy would be holding the gun sideways, gangster style.
Honestly I prefer this to Microsoft Edge stealing (importing) all my chrome passwords and bookmarks without my consent. Something they do from time to time.
Install Windows > English UK > None of the bullshit
What does that do?
Windows treats you as being protected by European norms so you don’t have to experience all the bullshit… I’ve never seen any of the ads people keep talking about, I don’t live in Europe, I just tell Windows to use English UK as Windows’ language and then set my regional stuff based on what I actually want.
I was planning on reinstalling windows on my desktop (apparently removing a basically blank hard drive prevents windows from booting) until I saw this. Now I have two arch machines lol
I read the article. Deceptive headline.
I dont see start menu ads? I see the account manager button will take you to your m365 account instead of your local account settings. This is what’s inside the article, i dont know where they got the title from.
thats an ad for their cloud services
Sort of, but that has nothing to do with Windows 11.
yes. thats why it doesnt belong on windows.
It’s just them moving their accounts to be cloud accounts instead of local accounts.
That sucks, but they’ve been pushing for that since Windows 7 I think?
I think that started on Win8 and fully implemented on Win10. I don’t remember Win7 have this BS. At least not obvious that makes me remember if they have.
Yeah, I haven’t used Windows for like 15 years, so I don’t remember exactly when they started pushing for cloud accounts. But it’s not new with Windows 11, it’s been their focus for at least 10 years now.
This sucks. I’m forced to use it for work…
Work is one thing. I’m fine with it for work. Work is my company’s data, not mine.
At home tho? Fuck that shit.
Pop!_os for life at home.
Same here, but with macOS instead of Windows at work, and openSUSE instead of Pop!_OS at home.
My work can use what they like, but I’ll use Linux at home.
Just in case you thought they forgot to hate you even more for still refusing to update to Windows 11.
Have you heard of Linux?
It’s been at least an hour! Tell me about it!
Oh yeah I love his tech tips!
You’re thinking of Linus Torvalds, a popular Youtuber who gives tech advice.
That’s some STD right?
It’s a detergent brand:
Yeah, basically. Except for the S part.
Serially
Seriously though, in W11 it’s super easy to disable this shit.
Start Menu:
Personalization > Start > “Show recommendations for tips, app promotions, and more.” (OFF)Lock Screen:
Personalization > Lock Screen > Change from “Weather ‘and more’” to “None”.Search:
Settings > Search > Permissions & History > Turn it ALL off. Cloud, Work/School, etc.
