Jesus, just take a moment to realize how insufferable you need to be to have people defend Windows. Privacy issues are the only valid argument at this point for Windows and a really good argument so just harp on it.

Edge isn’t a new concept, it’s just replaced IE. Also I don’t get the want to remove it entirely, try removing libcurl and see how functional Linux is for a daily driver. Just set Firefox as your default browser and call it a day, you’ll never see Edge again.

The search bar is one click to hide. Also several distros ship with a search bar.

Ads don’t appear with Windows Pro

Not really sure what setting you’re having trouble getting to, everything’s roughly the same between 7, 10, and 11 for power users.

Depends on how good the area around the store is. Some stores keep their shelf behind the counter for this reason

Who clicks ads? I don’t think I’ve ever clicked a single ad on purpose

Staring MicroCenter staff dead in the eyes when they won’t shut up about a Nighthawk router

Didn’t realize I needed an /s

You should still be eating protein…

Yeah! It keeps it in India and Madagascar, fuck those guys.

It’s reminding me a lot of when I first joined Reddit (nearly 15 years ago). Not too much is happening day-to-day so I’m checking in every couple of days or so.

I think this is a much healthier relationship than checking a site compulsively every couple of hours. I’m liking it so far, also a crazy repercussion is that I’m using the internet like the early days again. I think of a topic and I do a deep dive on my own, researching into it and going down weird rabbit holes.

I feel like Reddit discouraged this behavior by having a non-stop flow of communities that “mostly” interested me enough to not go “browsing the web”