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[โ€“] Honytawk@lemmy.zip -3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] small_crow@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

"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.