this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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If you still have bloatware/adware, you didn't strip out as much a possible. If you lack the understanding to do so, feel free to ask a professional computer technician for help.
~Sincerely a Windows user without bloatware.
"Hire a professional to make your computer stop being hostile" is a more user-unfriendly solution than telling them to switch to Linux. It also only works until a Windows Update re-enables whatever they disabled for you, without notifying you or asking permission.