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I hear your annoyance, and I get it, because the "real" question is "How do I stop this from ever happening again on Windows?"
But the bottom line is, no matter what workaround or registry fix is found, nothing stops MS from making changes and popping this crap up yet again in some other obnoxious and shitty way.
If you run Windows, you have to accept some level of this bullshittery.
I'm right though.
No amount of registry editing and weird app installing will permanently remove the obnoxious ads from Windows. And Linux is the only OS that can feel like Windows. (Zorin, Mint, any old KDE distro etc)
And honestly? Linux isn't that hard anymore. Like, installing stuff can be done through graphical app stores that are easier than using Windows. Gaming on Linux works out of the box and has done for 5 years now.
This post is more like an apple user asking why their phone screen can't be replaced without buying a new device, or a ford f150 owner asking how to get more than 5mpg in fuel economy: you tell them to (consider) a different choice of product
Clicking "Play" in Steam or Epic launcher is hacking the Pentagon for you?
Devil's Advocate: I have been unable to play the sims ever since EA moved it to the EA games launcher. Origin was poorly written, but the new launcher barely works on windows, let alone on Wine.
Check protondb. It sometimes has workarounds for launcher issues.
Thanks, ill look into that
There's been multiple times that I had an issue with a game launcher on windows bugging out and not being able to play my game, but then seeing it work just fine under linux with proton. There's still some issues the devs need to work out, but we're getting to the point that linux is more reliable
Honestly I do agree with Linux being more reliable overall. That being said, I do think the biggest benefit Linux has given me is reinforcing a habit of backing up all my stuff constantly, since I never know when I'm going to try something stupid on an impulse.
Haha, true! I've learned the hard way to try the really whacky shit in a virtual machine first, they're quite handy for that. After lots of trial and error though, and learning what will break things and what won't, I've been on the same install for several years now actually. But yes, back ups are still smart lol