https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

This powershell script is such a lifesaver for people who constantly reimage windows.

It has a few scripts in it to rip out AI and telemetry as well as many windows features, without having to even open edge.

(I use Fedora btw)

He's always there. Lurking in the comments.

Let me present to you our Lord and Savior, the Penguin...

People always tell me I need to keep my phone up to date, but every time I update I regret it. Did so yesterday and they turned a bunch of AI bullshit back on. I’m so tired.

They also changed the way everything looks and I can’t revert it. Took me 40 minutes to change the clock on my lock screen from dark grey back to white.

Have you ever heard about our Lord and Savior Linus Torvalds?

It boggles my mind that so many people have so little self-respect that they put up with having an abusive relationship with their computer.

Pro tip: to banish Gemini to the shadow realm on an android phone and fix your android auto experience, set your default app for "assistant" to none.

Jokes on you, I don't update anymore unless it's Linux.

@cannedtuna This is why opt-out doesn't work. If you reset/reinstall your system, you have to remember to opt-out again.Same thing anytime you switch to a different system.The vendor can also create 'snazzy new feature' that has a similar-but-different behavior embedded in it... and the new feature is opt-out.#darkpattern

Crazy how my computer wants to install updates five times a fucking week.

@cannedtuna that's what you get from people who don't understand consent: herpes

@cannedtuna not just AI

@cannedtuna Just use Kagi AI & you won't have to turn any defaults off. I'm happy with their way of doing things because it's done right out of the gate.

yeah, unfortunately, ai is baked into the friggin os of samsung phones, and maybe some others.

@cannedtuna My war with Samsung default phone software prepared me for this day.