I’m using StartAllBack (paid software), it replace the start menu with a Windows 7 like one, and brings back the pre Windows 11 taskbar, it has no ads and good customization. There’s also Open Shell that is free and Start11 that’s also paid.

“More useful ads” Well the best ads is no ads.

I won’t really call that a win,

Reddit lost the trust of many users, a non insignificant part of contributors and moderators left, the enshittification of the platform is not going to stop but they lost a big part of what made Reddit great. They damaged their image and popularity.

It’s like saying Elon won by trashing Twitter. Sure he does what he wants with it but making your platform less desirable sure isn’t a win for the platform.

That’s a setting you can toggle in your account settings page.

“But what about profits”

Yeah, that’s why I’m a fan of free software, it’s a collaborative effort to create and improve software for the community, that doesn’t treat it’s users like a product to be exploited. It’s a noble cause. Corps like to attract user making a “good” product and when big enough, they switch to predatorial tactics to squeeze dry their userbase.

I’m glad that the Fediverse is thriving right now, I didn’t know much about it a week ago, thanks Reddit I guess.