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A Windows pop up, right above the system tray. Holy fuck. I would have screen shot it but I was in disbelief.

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[-] the_q@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago
[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

Some like living in a nest of hornets 🤷‍♂️

[-] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago

I don't know why people are surprised when a for-profit company prioritizes profits over their customers...

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago

I was actually quite happy to pay for Windows all these years... it's when they went "free" that this BS started. Go back to a paid model and give us vanilla windows, please!

[-] Nikelui@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Can't have profit if you lose all your customers.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Can't make the quarterly numbers with that kind of long-term thinking.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

They won't because they are the industry standard. That's the problem with tech these days, there is barely any competition

[-] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

If they lose customers they'll just try to exploit the few they have left. As more people switch to another OS windows is going to get worse and worse.

[-] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

They bought the ticket, but don't want the ride for some reason.

[-] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

I've been using Shut Up 10 by O&O Software for ages now. Turns off all recommended telemetry and you can go a step further and disable a ton of stuff, basically anything irksome that M$ pulls.

It's free as well. I haven't noted any negative issues with it. Also works on Win 11

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I love ShutUp10. Like you, I have used it for years now with zero problems. It places many different settings and options into one single app. The same settings that Microsoft likes to hide from us by scattering arbitrarily it all over Settings, Control Panel, the registry, etc.

[-] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

How does it compare to Win Aero Tweaker?

[-] linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wish I knew, never used it! I only ever used Shut Up 10, as prior to 10, the telemetry wasn't as prominent, or at least seemingly so.

[-] Madrigal@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

$10 says it wouldn’t show on the screenshot anyway.

[-] mobilehugh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

me too while playing Minecraft. now using Ubuntu 23.04, MC with GPU, VS Codium and FF. no problems.

[-] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Happened to me on a recent Windows update too. A popup about Game Pass and a Bethesda game I'm no longer buying.

[-] CandyPants@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yep..... The same Bethesda game happened to show up in a screensaver. Money grubbing assholes!

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago
[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Sudo_Fail@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I got it on enterprise Win10 22H2 today. Just nuts

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. The only reason I asked about home vs enterprise was to see which advice would be more useful. Enterprise gives you more control to turn things off at the system level. I agree. It is nuts.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago
[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn. With enterprise you can go into the command line and just turn off all the stuff including Cortana. With home things are a lot harder. Someone else in the comments talked about disabling a bunch of stuff and that may be your best bet.

You might try this. https://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how-to-disable-all-of-windows-10s-built-in-advertising/

this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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