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Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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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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[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 57 points 5 months ago

How the heck did those tools developers figure out how to remove those various ads in windows? Did they do it the hard way, fired up a debugger to reverse engineer how those ads were displayed? That takes some dedication. We in the Linux land have it easy because the source code is available to mess with.

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 125 points 5 months ago

It's not difficult. Corporations won't put up with this shit and MS knows it, so there are (almost) always documented registry entries or GPO policies you can set to disable this crap.

But you shouldn't fucking have to. Which is why I'm now on Tumbleweed instead of Windows for my daily driver.

[-] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 7 points 5 months ago

This is the third reference to the tumbleweed distro I’ve read today. Sounds like I have a new VM to set up!

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I think you'll like it! I sure do. Been on it about a month now, maybe 5 weeks. No complaints.

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