@pascaline @GossiTheDog I deshittified the Windows 11 ISO using Rufus https://rufus.ie/en/ and installed it last week. Seems to be pretty quiet on the ad front so far. Had to uninstall a whole bunch of default apps and spend a few hours going through all the settings though.
@gunchleoc
Oh, mmm, yum.
And yeah, the time it all takes.
I was especially outraged about the 'Start' menu, and of the new, completely stripped file explorer that required, for instance, more clicks to get to a simple 'send to compressed' and so on. My evil stare was not enough, and I seriously lacked motivation to continue on this disastrous path.
@GossiTheDog