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    Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience (sh.itjust.works)
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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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    [–] Plastic_Ramses -3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It's kind of embarrassing to see so many linux nerds talk about ads in Windows 11, like navigating the settings menu is difficult.

    I use linux and Windows. I haven't seen an ad in windows since i installed and disabled them.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

    1: you shouldn't have to

    2: you have to go to like 6 different places to get most of them and there are still ads for microsoft products baked into the settings menu

    [–] Blue_Morpho 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    It isn't hard but it is tedious because each of the ad settings is in a different location. Like taskbar has its settings which aren't configured in the Settings app where you can turn off the ads. Settings has places in search and another in privacy. Look at the OP image. It's 9 different settings that need to be found and turned off.

    [–] Plastic_Ramses 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    9 settings all easily accessible via the search bar in settings.

    Idk im not seeing the absolutely gigantic issue that anti-windows people make it out to be - at worst, it's a minor nuisance.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    The issue is ads are for supporting free software. Windows is not free therefore should not be showing ads.