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Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I can't believe a paid OS needs a tool like this. Here's a GUI tool called OFGB (Oh Frick Go Back) to remove all the ads in Windows 11. It's understandable if a free OS or app needs ad support, but this is just crazy github.com/xM4ddy/OFGB

[Screenshot Of a GUI Tool To Removes Ads From Various Places Around Windows 11]

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 4 months ago (3 children)

they used to call this malware

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago

"It's okay when we do it."

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If its pre-installed, its typically called "Bloatware".

And I remember having bloatware on my machine going back to the 90s. The first really high quality gaming computer I got was a Sony Vaio and it had tons of bullshit excess software I had to mop out of it before I was ready to really use it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it actually malicious, though? Ads by themselves aren't malicious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Adware then, which is generally unacceptable in a large full featured paid product.