Until recently, I had forgotten quite how much I dislike the way Microsoft preinstalls Windows 10 PCs with apps I don't want, and then uses prominent areas of the operating system to try to sell me things I also don't want. I vaguely recall spending quite some time uninstalling a range of useless apps and switching off advertising options on my own PC when I installed Windows 10 several years ago. It all came flooding back when I recently installed it on the old laptop my 10-year-old son uses for his homework.
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