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@danluu The weirdest thing about the cynicism with the Reddit protest is that this is literally the most successful one in the history of the site. It's the best coordinated, it has the largest overall support, and it was organized really quickly too.

Sure, it might not achieve the goals, but compared to previous attempts in the last decade to pressure the company, it already is more impressive than any other coordinated effort.

@chrisisgr8 I do not believe there is a privacy report out for the AI/Copilot features just yet.

For the current version of W10/11 there are guides out there for how to scale back the telemetry/spying. For example:

https://github.com/TheWorldOfPC/Windows11-Debloat-Privacy-Guide

But with every major release, they break the current methods and they need to be updated.

AFAIK there isn't really an actual solution to remove all of it. Some parts of the OS will always report back to Microsoft.

Here is a sample of the current *absolute minimum, first time boot* telemetry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT4vDfA_4NI&t

@chrisisgr8 I've been putting off migrating to Linux for years, but last month as the AI stupidity really started moving the markets, I've looked into the Windows spyware shenanigans and oh boy it's not just terrible, but it will get significantly worse.

They plan to integrate all the AI spy stuff into literally all layers of the OS now. I'm out and not planning to ever come back.

Currently in the process to not just to change my OS, but to delete all the bullshit I use on all of my devices. It's not easy, but has to be done.

@chikorita157 The Fediverse however is still vulnerable in other ways. Non-profit organizations and entities fail all the time because of the hubris of leadership figures or ideological cracks in their communities.

But decentralization, if implemented correctly, may lead to smaller, more controlled soft failures that do not lead to a systematic collapse.

Hope this will be the case going forward. And really hope that this kind of social media, if it eventually takes off in a real way, will not just replace the current models, but crates a more resilient system in practice.

@billbennett Well that's pretty much what happens in any community that's built from the ground up on opensource tech.

First come the nerds, but it will even out in time.