It must be a windows professional things, because I had “reccomendations” of various things on the login screen and freaking candy crush saga ads in my start menu since Windows 10, which is one of the apps that kept reinstalling themselves with windows update, alongside OneDrive that I have to regularly uninstall.
When I had to install windows 11 using a local account was still allowed but now as far as I know it’s not unless you modify the installation image (and still, why the fuck should I be allowed not to use an online account?)
As for the games, yeah they work, but many work just fine if not even faster on wine. And if a game works better on another OS with a compatibility layer in the middle you know your OS is really bloated.
I’m probably a lot more picky about my software than most people are, but windows is seriously getting worse by the year, at least on the customization and usability.
It must be a windows professional things, because I had “reccomendations” of various things on the login screen and freaking candy crush saga ads in my start menu since Windows 10, which is one of the apps that kept reinstalling themselves with windows update, alongside OneDrive that I have to regularly uninstall.
When I had to install windows 11 using a local account was still allowed but now as far as I know it’s not unless you modify the installation image (and still, why the fuck should I be allowed not to use an online account?)
As for the games, yeah they work, but many work just fine if not even faster on wine. And if a game works better on another OS with a compatibility layer in the middle you know your OS is really bloated.
I’m probably a lot more picky about my software than most people are, but windows is seriously getting worse by the year, at least on the customization and usability.