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Every time I see a headline like "Windows introduces thing, nobody asked for it but it's coming to all versions and can't be uninstalled" (lemmy.world)
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[–] madthumbs@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's not about storage space, it's about maintaining two programs that do the same thing. With modern computers built for Windows 11 and not minimal spec, ram should be plentiful and cheap to add if needed. Any computer with tpm2 it shouldn't matter with unless the build was bad to begin with.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, it's all about the $$$

Always has been.

[–] stardustsystem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

@over_clox has the answer here. They got rid of Wordpad to drive people toward paying for Word.