This article is very uncomfortable to read. https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
@r343l @skinnylatte this is super relevant to what @pluralistic is speaking on this evening at ISSA-LA
@darkuncle @r343l @skinnylatte @pluralistic I am in user support, and I see it every day. I am tired of fighting it, and would not enter the field today.
I refurbish old work laptops, load them up with ad blockers, run debloat on them, and give them away.
I remote support employees' families with TightVNC and clean up their machines.
The tech industry, except for the chip makers, is really not worth saving at this point. It's the 1970s Big Three just waiting for Toyota and Nissan to show up.
@mike805 @darkuncle @r343l @skinnylatte @pluralistic
Would you possibly be able to point me to some resources on how to do a debloat? I would v much appreciate it
I just got a new laptop and the volume of utter nonsense on there is wild!
(For ref, I am an ordinary person, not a techy, so ordinary-person friendly would be preferred if possible!)
@patsytheshark @darkuncle @r343l @skinnylatte @pluralistic https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat is the one I use. It gets rid of the ads. Let me know if you have any questions about how to use it.
Windows 11 non-MS local account:
Unplug Internet before doing this.
On the “Oops, you've lost internet connection” or “Let's connect you to a network” page, use the Shift + F10 keyboard shortcut. In Command Prompt, type the OOBE\BYPASSNRO command to bypass network requirements on Windows 11 and press Enter.
A simple, easy to use PowerShell script to remove pre-installed…
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Mike thank you so much! This is such great info