[cjblack]

It's infuriating how much work one has to do to clean up what should already be a bare-bones, stock, factory environment. All of these 8 kb "apps" like LinkedIn, TikTok, etc. that you "uninstall" but then re-appear right in the Add or Remove Programs menu.

I haven't tried, but what do these little TikTok, LinkedIn apps even do? I imagine they don't install a local version of LinkedIn to peruse, right? I don't totally understand how the economic incentive for MSFT and manufacturers can be high enough to make these actively user-hostile actions worth it.

Maybe I'm cynical or naive

[abliefern]

I've never seen those apps on my machine, very strange. Is this an OEM choice?

[dev_daftly]

Yea, people are confusing what comes in windows by default with what is added by the OEM as most of them have never installed a fresh copy of windows.

[grantsh]

I installed a fresh copy of windows straight from the official ISO a month or two ago and was bombarded with candy crush, tiktok, CNN, instagram, LinkedIn, etc. It took me a few solid hours to get it out of my way as much as possible.

After that, even on my brand new Ryzen 9, it took 15 seconds to open a web browser. I decided to quit my windows-only games and delete windows in favor of Linux (like usual).

It's not just OEM installs, perhaps you got windows a few versions back and updated it avoiding the new bloatware crap.

[LelouBil]

They just redirect you to the Microsoft store page for the application

[intrasight]

Just use Windows Server as your desktop like the rest of us hackers.