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Everyone is making fun of the apps included in OP, but it’s besides the point—apps that demand resources at startup are the worst if you don’t need them. I ruthlessly deny permissions for anything installed, it’s like Gandalf in there holding the bridge and pushing presumptuous asshole apps over the bridge.
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Only thing missing from this atrocious set of spyware is Valorant's properiarty Vangaurd rootkit
For those that don't know, theres a tab in Windows task manager called Startup that let's you modify what apps get started when you log in.
You can also look at the services.msc tool and check all your startup services.
Thanks(!!!) for the reminder. I knew about it but just never think to go in there. I just now disabled a ton of things I don't need running.
Who the hell uses the Spotify app?? If you use it from the browser, ublock eliminates advertising perfectly. Why would I want to use the app where I can't block it?
the desktop app is the only version on pc that allows higher bitrate playback
Hey I never thought about that thanks!
CCleaner? Adobe? Origin? McAfee? What is this, some kind of child's computer?
Someone who doesn't understand you can disable all those from starting with your pc
Someone who doesn't understand that pirating EA products is always morally correct
Startup Apps
If it's gotten that bad, wait until you check all of the services those programs so cavalierly keep running in the background.