• DNU@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Am i missing something? If i had edge, store and bing forced down my throat my win11 install wouldve been long gone, but imo thst stuff was already removable before?

    • andz@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      From what I’ve gathered here and elsewhere they never really went full throttle on all that stuff for most of us here in the EU.

      Now don’t get me wrong, W11 is utter shite, and I had to essentially build a new computer from scratch to even get it running properly, but I still haven’t seen any ads or any other bullshit like that.

      This is exactly why my old computer is merrily running Mint, and it likes it.

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        3 days ago

        I think GDPR and related laws, really tempered what Microsoft did to the whole of the European region. They didn’t want to deal with it, so they made as much as they could, opt-in. As opposed to the north american policies of either opt-out, or forced-on.

        IDK. I don’t work at Microsoft, I’m just guessing. 🙃