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I installed Windows 10 in a virtual machine...man, this is straight up dystopian. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The tips, ads, and recommendations you see will be more generic and may be less relevant to you.

And this is treated as a bad thing?!

The number of ads you see won't change, but they may be less relevant to you.

Send only info about your device, its settings and capabilities, and whether it is performing properly.

In other words, even after turning off all the settings, your data still gets collected.

The rest of the installation process wasn't fun either. It was worded in this weird, condescending tone, like "Let's get everything set up for you", and "Let Cortana help you get things done!".

Thank goodness for FLOSS and GNU/Linux.

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[–] Aux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, the people who don't use enterprise editions of Windows...

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd buy it IF THEY WOULD SELL IT TO ME!

The best legal version of Windows I have figured out that you can actually buy as a regular consumer is Windows Server Essentials 2022. (maybe they're up to 2024 now?)

Server Essentials is regular Windows 10 GUI with absolutely no spyware, OneDrive, or pre installed ads hiding as shortcuts. It doesn't even require a TPM. The only nonsense that comes pre installed is Edge.

Updates are for 10 years minimum and they only install when you tell them to.

[–] nikscha@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

500$ for a Windows license just to have it not have bloat preinstalled? Hmm pass XD

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was $300. It's Server Essentials, not the full Server. Server Essentials doesn't have network controller or unlimited Windows VM licenses.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Buying Windows? What kind of lunacy is that?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've been running so long with "Activate Windows" in the lower right corner on one of my computers that I don't even notice it anymore.

But for other PC's, as a rule, I don't pirate executables because of the virus risk.