Comment on The most common bloatware we found on laptops and how to get rid of them

anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So most people shouldn’t be using PCs anymore, or…??

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  • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No you should install your own OS like a grownup.

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    • dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most people can’t.

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      • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        *won’t

        I very seriously doubt most people are physically or mentally incapable of taking a quarter of an afternoon once to teach themselves how to preform a basic maintenance task on a machine they use daily.

        Just as car owners should know how to put on a spare tire or replace a headlight.

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    • Alb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Any link to find a safe cracked version of LTSC ?

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      • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Sure.

        You can verify windows ISO’s with MD5 hashes here if you’re paranoid.

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      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Try zerobytes.monster/post/5225009

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  • Fecundpossum@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, they should be installing Linux on them after reformatting the provided SSD.

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  • anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why would you say that. It’s true that most users take a blase attitude to security these days, and it’s normalised by articles like this. It’s just basic good practice, whether buying a new or used PC, to do a clean install because even if you think you’ve removed the bloatware, you can’t really trust there’s no secret malware. Especially these days when so many companies want to spy on users it really isn’t just paranoia.

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    • dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      All true, but most users don’t have the know-how or ressources to change anything about their OS so they’re stuck with that, bad idea or not. Their alternative would be using no PC at all.

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      • anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is often the pushback I get when making this point but I would argue that especially non tech-savvy users are vulnerable. The alternative is asking a trusted friend to do a clean install, which should be the advice of this article, that or a guide on how to do it. It’s irresponsible to publish an article aimed at a naive user who has received a computer full of bloatware and tell them to “just remove all the bloatware”.

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      • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Most everyone buying a laptop has the resources. Know-how is incredibly easy to fix. Installing a fresh OS isn’t difficult at all. If you can’t figure that much out then no, you probably shouldn’t be using a PC Stop giving people a pass to be willfully ignorant.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Although there were also pre-installed bootkits already. Lenovo, Dell, i think HP too? Always laptops.

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