Disabling those features including uninstalling works initially but it will come back later, often surreptitiously. Like many unwanted programs.
I'm in the crowd that will install what I need when I need it. None of this forced nonsense. Copilot comes to mind. As with search clutter. The OS needs to be just that; a foundation that lets the computer run and the user can install what they want/need.
Another example is annoying behavior is MS Edge changing itself to the default handler to PDFs. If someone uses a program, often a paid program, to handle PDFs and registers that to open them, Edge should NOT be changing this on its own. This is annoying AF to people that just need to use their computer as a tool for work (like millions do!) and increases frustration factor un-necessarily.
And too, hitting on the OP, forcing everyone to use a MS account is just awful. Sure, technically competent users can easily sidestep this but the millions of "typical" users will comply. Even worse they use their work/school email to associate with a MS account. And don't get me started on OneDrive and now Teams.
Yes I'd love to use nix as a primary driver but there are too many programs I need that won't work. But for everything else that doesn't need Win, there's a distro out there that works well.
I'm in the crowd that will install what I need when I need it. None of this forced nonsense. Copilot comes to mind. As with search clutter. The OS needs to be just that; a foundation that lets the computer run and the user can install what they want/need.
Another example is annoying behavior is MS Edge changing itself to the default handler to PDFs. If someone uses a program, often a paid program, to handle PDFs and registers that to open them, Edge should NOT be changing this on its own. This is annoying AF to people that just need to use their computer as a tool for work (like millions do!) and increases frustration factor un-necessarily.
And too, hitting on the OP, forcing everyone to use a MS account is just awful. Sure, technically competent users can easily sidestep this but the millions of "typical" users will comply. Even worse they use their work/school email to associate with a MS account. And don't get me started on OneDrive and now Teams.
Yes I'd love to use nix as a primary driver but there are too many programs I need that won't work. But for everything else that doesn't need Win, there's a distro out there that works well.