• kaitco@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Sounds like we need to start developing ad-blockers based directly within the OS.

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      2 months ago

      Or literally just use the existing option in the settings menu that has been there since Windows 10 to turn this shit off.

      All of this is clickbait.

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        2 months ago

        Clicking a checkbox in a settings menu is so complicated, though!

        Simpler to install Linux, a whole new operating system, and try to figure out how to either run your Windows apps there or find new equivalent applications to use.

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        2 months ago

        Until it turns itself back on during an update. Or hey implement another version that has its own off switch buried somewhere, etc.

        It’s bloat and hassle.

        You shouldn’t have to do maintenance on a brand new Windows install. Set preferences and install apps? Sure. But expecting everyone to go through a checklist of shit to turn off? Nah. That’s user hostile and so tedious.

        Checklists and debloating procedures like that can feel like something an expert would do. And can feel like what a good computer user should do, but that’s a limited mindset that is a niche among all Windows platform users.

        Warning, car analogy:

        Imagine if you bought a new car and had to scrape a bunch of advertisement decals off it. And you have to remove unneeded features like spoilers that are dragging you down. Oh, and randomly in the middle of the night the dealer tracks your car down and applies new decals that you will want to scrape off your windshield when you get a chance.

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            2 months ago

            Having to tell your computer that “My preference is no bloat and marketing.” is a sad state of affairs though.

            My whole point is these things shouldn’t need to be configured. Because the bloat and marketing shouldn’t be part of the OS like this.

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              2 months ago

              I’ve worked with a Linux installation that had plenty of bloat and marketing by default too, I spent a fair bit of time combing through it turning off stuff I definitely didn’t want. Whether it “should” or “shouldn’t” doesn’t change that it is.

    • rdyoung@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Those exist. Use dns based adblockers. You can pick from a variety of services already out there or run your own with pihole.

      • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.gg
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        2 months ago

        Yeah, though … those don’t always work and it is entirely possible to break them if they become overly “pesky” for the corporations.