Installed windows on a computer for the first time in about 5 years. I was surprised to see how much bloatware were pre installed (Spotify, TikTok, Instagram, etc). It’s crazy what Windows have become.
I have not seen this. Was this just a windows install or some OEM install?
citation: I installed it 3 weeks ago
The apps.
I wonder if it depends on the image.
This can be proven by when you go into uninstall it look at the space used. It will be tiny.
Part of the reason those shortcuts are there are on consumer editions because a) lots of people have no clue how to do anything and need a helping hand b) the vendors pay to have that installed as marketing, which helps lower the cost of the windows license
Personally I don’t even look at the whole mess of a start menu when I’m in Windows.
Everyone bitched that Old Microsoft took too long to roll out new technologies and major versions, because it QA'd the shit out of them, so New Microsoft retooled itself to ship faster.
As a consequence, all the bad parts of Microsoft also got the ability to pull request whatever tacky KPI-booster-du-jour was on their pet project list.
If MS gave a damn about this, they'd just make a core-only Windows set of packages available at install-time via flags. Because they know perfectly well what's 1st/3rd-party crapware and what's core-Windows.
Not that I'm comfortable with it either way.
TOS cannot supersede the laws of countries themselves.
You can prove this by when you try to uninstall it look at the size.
This can be considered clutter on your screen but it's not causing any performance degradation.