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

submitted 8 months 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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[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think the pro version doesn't have most of this too. I've never seen an ad in w10 and 11

[–] viking@infosec.pub 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They don't show explicit banner ads or anything, but every now and then there will be links to "recommended software" in your start menu's app drawer or the notification thing in the bottom right (not the taskbar, that foldable drawer thing).

You can disable those as well, but not by default.

[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago

Candy crush is what they put as "recommended software" if I remember correctly.

[–] leave_it_blank@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I had this on my first installation a few years ago, but then never again. I'm using Pro.