nixCraft 🐧2d ago
Microsoft spent 4 years stuffing Windows 11 with unwanted ads, forced Copilot integrations, stealing data to train its shity AI and other bloatware, now they want applause for promising to remove it. Reasons for a Change of Heart:
1 Increased Linux gaming
2 Apple's entry into the low end PC market with 0 forced AI
3 The "Microslop" social media shaming campaign
4 Increased costs due to AI leading to almost 0 ROI since there is no consumer demand https://www.sambent.com/microsofts-plan-to-fix-windows-11-is-gaslighting/
Microsoft's "Fix" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating

Microsoft spent four years stuffing Windows 11 with ads, forced Copilot integrations, and bloatware, now they want applause for promising to remove it.

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Show threadnixCraft 🐧2d ago

my advice is still the same. get a cheaper (used) thinkpad (or brand of your choice) and install Linux or *BSD that doesn't have corporate backing or age/kyc verification nonsense added. always install an ad blocker, script blocker, and dns level filtering just in case for your own safety (also install those on your parents and friends family computers).

say no to microslop and their stupid apps. enough is enough.

Show threadPhilosophical Fish

@nixCraft I literally just got my hands on a Thinkpad W530 last week. Did the 7 row mod, EC and BIOS flash, threw on Fedora Budgie Atomic (really don't want my laptop being unstable, old hardware risks support being dropped). Of course now that that's all said and done I read that they're looking at implementing age verification. "Non-intrusively" but it's still opening the door for more bullshit down the road...

Any suggestions for a distro to hop to from there? Or maybe waiting and seeing how it goes and jumping ship if it gets implemented?

Mar 24 at 5:01pmWeb