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Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware(www.pcmag.com)

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circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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Maybe someday they’ll discover checkboxes and use them to not have to install these apps in the first place.

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tarjeezy@lemmy.ca
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“What’s a checkbox? Oh, you mean that thing we use to trick users into ‘consenting’ to telemetry?”

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SterlingVapor@slrpnk.net
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I think I’ve got it! So on install, we make a checkbox that says:

  • do not install web search in the start menu, but also I consent to Microsoft collecting creepy levels of data about me
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