Those things could be circumvented easily by just using the LTSC editions (which is what I always install for personal use), but it still bleeds out a lot of personal data to MS unless you disable services and block shit.

I dual boot, but to be honest, I haven’t booted in Windows for a long long time, probably a few months. I use it at work (because it’s easier, everything’s MS centered) and that’s about it.

There is also the thing with app capabilities in Win11 which pissed the hell out of me. Basically, if the app says that they can open this or that extension, it’s not like in previous versions of Windows where you can choose which app is used to open this or that file type. It flat out BLOCKS other apps that are not a part of the OS (like media players) and you basically have no choice but to use the integrated ones. I just gave up, I have no intention of looking for a solution to this. I’m waiting for the Win11 LTSC edition, maybe that will have this issue fixed, maybe not, still, I will only boot to it if I have no other choice. So, yeah, I will have it installed, but it’s a just in case scenario, if everything else fails.