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O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Re: O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Post by Toynbeeidea »

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #46
Toynbeeidea wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Closed source doesn't mean not trustworthy Yes, it does. >O&O has been making tools like these for a long time. Microsoft has made Windows for a long time. Longer, even.

The “million eyes” argument has massive exceptions, among the top of my head is OpenSSL’s HeartBleed, a critical and extremely popular security suite that had a simple overflow issue for a decade or longer. People don’t read the source. And chief among them, statistically, is you. Open Source is ideal but not a deal breaker.

True. And yet the possibility exists that one COULD. That's the difference.

Re: O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Post by nilslindemann »

nilslindemann wrote: post #50
TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #2

When your OS is pure spyware, maybe it's time to look into switch to a less abusive option. The more people that switch, the stronger signal it sends. This tool is equivalent to dating an alcoholic that beats you whenever they're drunk, so you keep trying to take away all the alcohol instead of dumping them and finding a new partner. The signs were always there and they just keep getting worse, it's time to move on.

Fine, I will switch when your OS has Autohotkey, Total Commander, and allows me to log in as Administrator.

Oh, I also need a way to compile CodeBrowser 4.9 [1]

[1] https://github.com/nilslindemann/Code_Browser_49

Re: O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Post by rdudek »

AmazingTurtle wrote: post #45
TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #2

When your OS is pure spyware, maybe it's time to look into switch to a less abusive option. The more people that switch, the stronger signal it sends. This tool is equivalent to dating an alcoholic that beats you whenever they're drunk, so you keep trying to take away all the alcohol instead of dumping them and finding a new partner. The signs were always there and they just keep getting worse, it's time to move on.

I use cachyos as my daily driver for a long time now. I play quite a few games. Only league of legends forces me to dual boot into windows every once in a week or so - fuck the anticheat cartel

I'm approaching a year now on CachyOS and it has been a wonderful experience. All the games that I play run just fine, maybe a few FPS drop compared to Windows, but it's not a big deal for me. I also don't play any competitive online games that require 3rd party anti-cheat spyware. Biggest positives, I got very comfortable with terminal and CLI work. My development work has definitely improved.

Re: O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Post by dspillett »

celsoazevedo wrote: post #36
bigfishrunning wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because my playstation spies on my games, not my whole life. It's limitation of scope.

I guess for that you could have a Windows machine just for gaming. No need to deal with the trade-offs of that come with using a console (if that matters to you).

Though that would likely be a bit more expensive, or if cheaper it might be by compromising on GPU performance.

Re: O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Post by bigfishrunning »

celsoazevedo wrote: post #36
bigfishrunning wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because my playstation spies on my games, not my whole life. It's limitation of scope.

I guess for that you could have a Windows machine just for gaming. No need to deal with the trade-offs of that come with using a console (if that matters to you).

Not having a windows machine is one of the benefits of not having a windows machine! Using a console for gaming is cheaper, more secure, and more reliable then using a windows machine. The only downside is i don't have access to the wide ocean of steam and gog releases, but it's a fair trade as far as I'm concerned.

Re: O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Post by r_lee »

arcfour wrote: post #32
real0mar wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Too many games are Windows only

Very few are these days with the enormous amount of resources Valve has been pouring into Proton. The only truly Windows-only games I have encountered were online multiplayer with anticheat and that was almost always because the developer chose not to support Linux (e.g. EAC, Rust) and not for lack of support for Linux. Perhaps that wouldn't happen if more people switched...

those are the vast majority of games that people play

and people won't switch if there is no way to switch, it's like asking people to go on a hunger strike

Re: O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Post by vablings »

nilslindemann wrote: post #50
TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #2

When your OS is pure spyware, maybe it's time to look into switch to a less abusive option. The more people that switch, the stronger signal it sends. This tool is equivalent to dating an alcoholic that beats you whenever they're drunk, so you keep trying to take away all the alcohol instead of dumping them and finding a new partner. The signs were always there and they just keep getting worse, it's time to move on.

Fine, I will switch when your OS has Autohotkey, Total Commander, and allows me to log in as Administrator.

If you need Autohotkey you can still run that under wine (if you are ahk on windows applications), you can run total commander under wine. You can log in as admin I think its time to make the switch

Re: O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Post by dspillett »

vlyan wrote: post #44
afpx wrote: post #7

No source code? No thanks but no thanks. There also seems to be a lot of ‘privacy’ tools popping up on github lately. It’s a good time to be wary of any if you don’t trust the author 100%. It’s like when HIV emerged in the 80s - the disco days of free love are over. Be wary of who you’re sleeping with, and always wear a condom.

a myriad STDs existed before HIV.

Few were as potentially deadly, at least at the time (in earlier times there might have been less we could do to treat them), and in the 80s the main source of fear of HIV was that it was not understood (people feared catching it in ways that are not possible, and so forth) were those that had been around much longer had well known risk factors.

Re: O&O ShutUp10 – The antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

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Post by smt88 »

VCFundedGenYer wrote: post #20

FYI this seems to be an AI slop copy of Win11Debloat which is the original (+has all the same options). Support the original, not the copy: https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

Upvote for bringing up a FOSS alternative, but the rest of your comment is wrong
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