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minus-squareAndilinkfedilinkEnglish48•11 months agoWhen choosing the region/language, choose “English (World)”. Boom, bloatware be gone. You can safely change it to your correct region once you’ve logged in (Note: the Windows Store won’t work until you do).
minus-squareLinkOpensChest.wavlinkfedilinkEnglish53•11 months ago the Windows Store won’t work until you do So just never do it. Noted.
minus-squareAndilinkfedilinkEnglish18•11 months agoRemember some ‘core’ apps, such as Paint and Calculator are delivered via the Store now too - so they’ll also be missing.
minus-square@AdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish27•11 months agoI’ll just pirate a version of paint
minus-squareBarbecueCowboylinkfedilink11•11 months agoI can’t find a scenario where paint.net doesn’t come out on top when compared to the version of paint that ships with Windows and it’s free.
minus-squareRheingoldRiverlinkfedilink1•11 months agopaint opens a bit faster, and often I want to just draw some stupid rectangles with 5 words and 4 arrows real quick and screenshot it and say “look here’s the mock-up”
minus-squareLinkOpensChest.wavlinkfedilinkEnglish22•11 months agoGood. Those are easily replaced by FOSS alternatives.
minus-squareAndilinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoBecause the paid-for “bloat” is per region. If you don’t define the region… taps side of forehead
When choosing the region/language, choose “English (World)”. Boom, bloatware be gone.
You can safely change it to your correct region once you’ve logged in (Note: the Windows Store won’t work until you do).
So just never do it. Noted.
Remember some ‘core’ apps, such as Paint and Calculator are delivered via the Store now too - so they’ll also be missing.
I’ll just pirate a version of paint
I can’t find a scenario where paint.net doesn’t come out on top when compared to the version of paint that ships with Windows and it’s free.
paint opens a bit faster, and often I want to just draw some stupid rectangles with 5 words and 4 arrows real quick and screenshot it and say “look here’s the mock-up”
Good. Those are easily replaced by FOSS alternatives.
Why is this?
Because the paid-for “bloat” is per region. If you don’t define the region… taps side of forehead