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Whats joke in that. Android platform has more such things than Windows currently


Android's crapware problem is manageable. Everything belongs to an app, apps can be uninstalled and then the crap is gone.

The problem on windows is the insidious third-party apps that inject their extensions into chrome and re-create them when you try to remove them so the only way to actually get rid of them is a specialized tool.


Not true about removable memory.


I think it may be that Chrome resource problems, as well as crashes are more traditionally seen on the Mac. Of course, I could be biased with that conjecture.


The joke is that Windows doesn't do self-cleaning like the Mac does and Windows machines often come installed with bloatware that is frequently harmful to the correct functioning of a personal computer.

Also Macs don't get viruses as frequently. I'm not saying they're less susceptible but it does happen less often.

(see: any recent COTS Windows PC, especially Lenovo)


so it's not Windows that's bloated. It's the Manufacturers or your product is bloated. No one stops you from installing clean Windows OS without bloatware. Can you tell me one single product in Apple which is sold by other than Apple.

Seems like you are comparing Oranges n Apples.


> No one stops you from installing clean Windows OS without bloatware.

Except if your BIOS has WPBT which provides for installing such bloatware. Like Lenovo has done.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150812/11395231925/lenov...


Yes well Microsoft allowed that fraud to be perpetuated on the user and has done so for a very long time. It's actively detrimental to the user experience, and for the most part, they know it. But due to commoditization their manufacturers are dependent on it. They aren't though, any PC you buy in a Microsoft store comes bloat free.

>No one stops you from installing clean Windows OS without bloatware.

Ah sure, that's every average PC user's first step after unboxing their shiny new laptop. Wipe it with DBAN and do a fresh install.

Just kidding, it's pretty obviously not. Most people don't even know what wiping a computer entails, or how to do it, or that it would actually get rid of the bloat. These things seem simple to us but most people don't understand the first thing about computers.

No one stops you from buying a Mac because you're sick of dealing with bloatware either. Just sayin'.

>Can you tell me one single product in Apple which is sold by other than Apple.

No clue what you're trying to say there.


We all buy computers and re-install the OS immediately but your mom doesn't, and neither does mine. That's the problem.


Agree that. Its consumer problem. They always have choice to buy something and use.


Wiping the OS is an extreme measure only employed by power users. It's not their fault that it's a required step before using a new PC.




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