![]() ![]() To me, the amount of telemetry collected from modern crapware indicates a lack of trust in the product from even the developers themselves, which in turn proves to me that the product isn't very good on some level I might not be able to see. Businesses are much more wary if pirated software than consumers so Winrar manages to survive to this day. These companies can exist the same way Winrar can exist: give people the tool for free, wait for them to want to use it at their business and sell the subscriptions there. Most Windows programs, both freeware and paid, are closed source, that's just the way that ecosystem functions. The same is true for most of macOS/iOS and large parts of the basic feature set found in Android. I can get behind that mindset, but if you're using Windows you've already given up your ability to introspect your system. The risk of using this is much higher than running proprietary ShutUp10, which is already non-zero since it's proprietary. Though I have zero reason to distrust the Ameliorated folks, you generally never want to mess with software (especially OSes) downloaded from anyone other than the official vendor. If there was one single Lineage build for all phones, I'd feel much more comfortable with it. Not to Lineage, where every phone model has its own build and dev team, and each build gets used by maybe a few hundred or thousand people, and reviewed by practically nobody. The "open-source means security because code gets vetted" argument only applies to big projects like Chromium, where hundreds of major corporations with world-class software engineers review, and contribute to the source code. Same exact reason people should strongly consider staying away from LineageOS builds and other such things, where the dev team of half a dozen non-vetted anonymous forum users is responsible for everything running on your phone. See XcodeGhost that got caught way after the fact. Generally, even the idea of using an OS downloaded from a random site (big Linux distributions excepted) is a security nightmare: you're trusting random, anonymous people not to put malware deep enough into the OS image where it won't easily be found. O&O ShutUp10 is just one tweaker, but one that is updated regularly to address issues that arise from new Windows 10 releases and to add options to disable new features in the new versions of the operating system.This reminds me of the old "Windows XP Service Pack 4", or Windows 7 Minimalist ISOs that were going around. If you noticed start up issues, this one may fix them for you or speed things up at the very least. The program started quickly in previous versions, at least on the systems that I tried it on. The release notes suggest that the startup of the application has been optimized in the new release. ![]() You can check out our guides on disabling Meet Now and disabling News and Interests, if you prefer to disable these features manually. The option to disable the News and Interests widget was not listed on a test system, but the feature was not available on the device yet. The options are displayed in the Miscellaneous group in the program. NEW: Disable news and interests in the task bar for current user NEW: Disable news and interests in the task bar on this device ![]() NEW: Disable “Meet now” in the task bar for current user NEW: Disable “Meet now” in the task bar on this device The new version of O&O ShutUp10 supports disabling both features for the current user or on the entire device. The new version of Windows 10 introduces new features, including the News and Interests widget on the taskbar and Meet Now, also in the taskbar. Support for Windows 10 version 21H1 is not the only new feature of the application. Other versions of Windows can be upgraded using installation media or other means. Currently, only select devices, running Windows 10 version 2004 or 20H2, receive the update offer via Windows Updates. The update is rolled out gradually to the entire Windows device population. Microsoft released Windows 10 version 21H1 last month. You can check the installed version of the program by selecting Help > About. The new version installs without issues over existing installations of the program configured tweaks should remain as they are, provided that the tweaks are still supported by the new version of the Windows operating system. O&O ShutUp10 version was released on June 2, 2021. ![]()
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