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Taking a Walk on the Wild Side (Premium)

Does it make sense to use Windows 11 with a local account and a perpetual,…

Sign o' the Times
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Sign o’ the Times (Premium)

I've had a troubled relationship with The New York Times for decades, dating back to…

ExplorerPatcher

ExplorerPatcher Updated for 24H2, Windows 11 on Arm

Valentin Radu's useful ExplorerPatcher now supports Windows 11 version 24H2, including Arm64, and a new…

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The Next Coding Project (Premium)

I'm getting ahead of myself here, but in writing up Win11Debloat yesterday after a week…

Hands-On with Win11Debloat

I've spent much of this past year seeking solutions to the creeping enshittification in Windows…

Netlix sucks
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Netflix Sucks and So Does Spotify and All the Rest (Premium)

In an ideal world, we would pay companies for the products and services we use…

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Microsoft is Silently Reversing Some OneDrive Enshittification in Windows 11

When it comes to Windows 11, OneDrive, and enshittification, I'm the canary in this particular…

This is deceptive
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Deceptive (Premium)

Now that we're in year two of the enshittification era, Big Tech is expanding its…

Tiny11 Builder

Tiny11 Builder Takes on the Enshittification of Windows 11

The developer behind Tiny11 has released the long-awaited Tiny11 Builder, a more flexible and complete…

OBEY
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Microsoft Escalates its War Against Default Browser Workarounds (Premium)

This is a tale of two Microsofts, the Microsoft that complies with the DMA and…

Dishwashing soap
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From the Editor’s Desk: Problems, Fixes, and Workarounds (Premium)

When it comes to enshittification, Windows is a like a bottle of dishwashing liquid: Maybe…

Wrapping Up the Windows 11 Enterprise Experiment

Windows 11 Enterprise offers a few niceties, but it’s not a mainstream solution and doesn’t…

Finding the flower in all the junk
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A Windows 11 Enshittification Checklist (Premium)

Almost three years into the Windows 11 era, and the enshittification of our favorite computing…

Hands-On with Windows 11 Enterprise: Are You Enshittified?

This morning, I woke up, made some coffee, read the news, and bought, downloaded, and…

Firefox rising
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Tilt Shift: Mozilla Shines a Harsh Light on Enshittification in the Smartphone Era (Premium)

Since the dawn of the smartphone era, platform makers have engaged in ever-escalating enshittification tactics…

Advertising is everywhere
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Advertising is Winning. We Need to Keep Fighting (Premium)

I often feel like we're part of a vast experiment to see how much enshittification…

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