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		hospitalJail on June 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and o... I suppose there was enough freedom from 95-XP, it didn't matter that much. I never had an issue perfectly customizing my experience. Today I can't get rid of ads/news/cortana/edge.

marcosdumay on June 27, 2023 [–]

XP was the version that started pushing updates despite whatever you would configure and deny executing if you didn't jump through the correct hops.

You still had some amount of control on 95. MS had the power to take your control away at any point, but they didn't at that time.

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