Microsoft leaked its internal tool that enables secret Windows 11 features

The only “secret “ feature I want is a reliable way to permanently disable the bullshit. I could even live with the new taskbar that’s a bad dock ripoff (and I say that as a Mac Windows and Linux user who has tried alternative windows shells and multiple Linux Desktop environments for the last 20 years)

But I am currently holding back the upgrade because i keep hearing about adverts in notifications, about absurd spyware levels of telemetry, of massive steps back for users who are more advanced and more experienced because Microsoft didn’t just “move the cheese” they decided to replace the cheese with a tomato while moving to to another continent…

Very interesting - I like how Microsoft has changed from testing their own software to making their own users dogfood it for free! I remember seeing a video or article somewhere that went into how Microsoft tested their OS on various hardware configurations - warehouses of computers hooked up for automated testing.

Bit of an aside, the article has a tweet embedded showing an article in the Feedback Hub related to a feature called "Sign in without password when my device powers on" and how it helps maintain compliance in China...

I know it's not 100% related to the article the OP posted, but why would a setting like this maintain compliance in China? I assume the Chinese government already has an agreement with Microsoft to allow backdoors into the Chinese version of their OS...?