Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome - The Verge

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Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome
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I develop software that runs on Windows, so I have to use it to some degree. I would pay so much money for an officially-supported version that lets me cut out all the shit I don’t need and not deal with stupid thirst tricks. For the longest, I just ran Windows Server in a VM.

try Windows LTSC

Sadly only available for large corporations

^or ^the ^ports ^of ^the ^bay

Lemmy (as in the default frontend) requires an extra caret at the end of superscripts: ^or^ ^the^ ^ports^ ^of^ ^the^ ^bay^

^not^ ^a^ ^bot,^ ^but^ ^at^ ^this^ ^point^ ^I^ ^might^ ^make^ ^one^

Huh, looks fine to me

edit: checked in browser and yours looks fine in that, but in my app it adds an extra ^