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		andromaton on Aug 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How do I make Windows Pro less trashy? I had noticed the parallel between decrapify and Doctorow's enshittification. There are a few scripts, some very richly detailed, to do this. I'm kinda hoping for a setting "bugme: no"

bombcar on Aug 21, 2023 [–]

What's sad is Windows used to offer this as part of the OS itself (there was a "reinstall without OEM shit" button hidden away) - but now Microsoft itself is shitting all over the install, so that doesn't help anymore.

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