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this post was submitted on 14 May 2024
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Unlike us power users, many people like the web search.
Still the fact that this can be easily disabled with a single registry key is an advantage of Windows, not a detriment.
It's the fact that it could just be a checkbox in search settings, but they make it as hidden as humanly possible, not only is it in the registry, but it's not an existing flag you can change, it's a flag you have to know the exact name of to add. It only takes a minute if you're the type of person to be here commenting on a Linux meme on Lemmy, but to the average user, the option almost doesn't exist.
It's only easy if you know the exact key and finding that isn't easy at all. And also Microsoft likes to brake these fixes every couple of updates
The first sentence: "somehow, different than Linux" :D
There's a clear GUI option for this in KDE Plasma, no registry or terminal needed.
Most Linux users can search for a package they need to uninstall by keyword. You can't really do the same with Regedit. The key and path in the post are something even fewer people can find because regedit is so cryptic.
Editing the registry is also potentially dangerous and I have had to reinstall windows more than once because of it.
The fact that windows does not provide a safe configuration environment within which to make such changes, is most definitely a detriment.
Looks like we found our new pivot man.