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FWIW every one of those issues can be solved by running Win11Debloat one time (except update length which is variable based on hardware, but auto-update/restart can be disabled).

https://github.com/raphire/win11debloat

Persists after updates, and is a straightforward easily auditable PowerShell script enabling/disabling Windows/app features via approved OS provided API interfaces without any hacky brittle workarounds that eventually stop working.

It's the first thing I install on any fresh Windows 11 install for the past 4+ years. I get more ads on MacOS thanks to their lovely Apple TV, iCloud, etc push notifications than I ever see on Windows 11 (≈ 0) after running it.

I've updated hundreds of times across multiple machines and it's never stopped working. I'm only reminded it exists by its absence whenever I use an out of the box Win 11 install on a new PC which is painful in comparison.

I actually prefer debloated Win 11 to plain Win 10 because I get all the benefits like vastly superior multi monitor support on 11 with basically zero negatives.

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appreciate the response. i’ve already moved on tho. microsoft just destroyed the little bit of good will i had towards them. i’d already been dual booting for years anyway. and honestly, while not perfect, linux has come so far that the problems i did initially have were not deal breakers, at all. post install i spent maybe 2 hours figuring out workflow and pwa’ing anything id need regularly like teams. another 2 hours working out any weird kinks and its been smooth since.

two years ago there is no way i could have moved fully over, but new LTS releases are an entirely different ballgame than they were 2 years ago, it’s wild.

if anyone’s curious and considering it, for my work system im running ubuntu LTS (yeah yeah, i know. but for work i need the stability that comes from long term support releases.) and likewise for LTS, my gf runs mint on her work system. for our personals we both run cachy.