• sndrtj@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Is there a way to disable the ads, news and recommendations yet? Until then I’m not upgrading.

    • Lobotomie@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Tbf you can disable all of that so there is barely (if any) difference to win10 in regards to this.

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        1 year ago

        It’s weird that people don’t get more upset about ads in an OS they paid for.

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          In Windows, the ads can be easily disabled. I still don’t like it, but it only adds about 5 minutes to the setup process and then it doesn’t bother me again.

          Android TV’s entire interface is ads, it gets worse with every forced update and there is basically nothing that you can do about. I’m looking for an alternative to my ancient ad-filled Nvidia Shield (which didn’t have any ads day 1…), but I don’t think anything else with a controller based interface can easily run Steam Link, Kodi, Retroarch, and still pass the DRM checks for 4k Netflix and Disney+.

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        1 year ago

        Can you point me in the direction of how disable truly all of it? I don’t want news/ads/recommendations in the start button, bottom bar, icon tray, search results etc.

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          1 year ago

          Disabling all of those are standard settings in Windows 10 and 11.

          Most are just right click on the icon/taskbar, opening settings and finding the setting that disables it.

          • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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            1 year ago

            Not entirely. There are many, many hidden telemetry settings that normal users can’t access. It’s why stuff like WPD (windows privacy dashboard) exist. Windows doesn’t let you uninstall most of that stuff either.