unglueclass23@programming.dev to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 10 days agoMicrosoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaintwww.windowslatest.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoWell there is a lot of advertising in it, yes, but I wouldn’t fall it a mall
minus-squarecardfire@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoNow you mention it, I absolutely would call it a mall. It exists to vend other services, like their app store, their Xbox online platform, One Drive, Copilot, Office 365…
Windows is just bloated mallware.
Well there is a lot of advertising in it, yes, but I wouldn’t fall it a mall
Now you mention it, I absolutely would call it a mall.
It exists to vend other services, like their app store, their Xbox online platform, One Drive, Copilot, Office 365…