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Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's so they can run everything as SaaS and bill you monthly to use the computer you already paid for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Eventually everyone's going to reach a breaking point where they feel subscriptioned out. I've already reached that point, but it appears the threshold for most people is much greater than mine, unfortunately.