Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
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Re: Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
#2get a Mac.
Re: Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
#3buy a mini pc ,sans OS,with whatever hardware features and install a linux flavor, or two,or three.
buying from the duopoly is like hitting yourself in the face with a brick, it feels realy good, when you stop.
the market is bieng divied up into two types of software, factory stock, and aftermarket malware.
Re: Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
#4get a Mac.
MacOS is less overtly distasteful than Windows about the advertising, but not fundamentally different. Consider the incredibly sticky notifications to get you to use Apple services (like icloud) and the number of preinstalled apps that show ads (like stocks).
I think a lot of Microsoft's fumbles over the years have been bad attempts at copying Apple, including the onedrive pushiness.
Re: Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
#5The title should be "setting up Windows used to be fun". Which yes, I agree, but luckily it has never been a better time for Linux usability. Even ~100% of games work.
Re: Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
#6get a Mac.
I would have said the same 5 years ago but now macOS is quite bad itself. If you follow their lead (click blue) you'll end up setting up an iCloud account, syncing your life to them, enabling Apple Intelligence, telemetry, and a load of other shit.
Then you get to the desktop and your dock has 30 icons in it already, some of which require subscription, and it's too full to understand what each one is.
And don't get me started on the default over-inflated display scaling that makes great screens look like they're from 2012!
Re: Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
#7I had my new Win11 PC preinstalled by the vendor and then immediately ran Win11Debloat on it. It's been quite painless that way; not many nuisances except a few OneDrive popups to extinguish and the typical forced reboots after updates.
Re: Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
#8It still is fun with Linux. Running NixOS and configuring my entire system with it is possibly the most fun i’ve had in a while with setting up a computer, or just using one at all.
Re: Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
#9The irony of complaining in a Website full with endless amount of ads all over the place.
Re: Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare
#10I had my new Win11 PC preinstalled by the vendor and then immediately ran Win11Debloat on it. It's been quite painless that way; not many nuisances except a few OneDrive popups to extinguish and the typical forced reboots after updates. https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
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