• paraphrand@lemmy.world
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      6 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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        6 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.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      But updates can and do reset them.

      Group Policy really helps - I don’t think I’ve had an update reset a policy… Yet.