Recently setup a W11 VFIO VM, even on its own MITM'd vNIC with DPI and custom heurestics to cut most out the naughty MSFT traffic: it was still a dizzying assault of ads and noiseware; being transported from serene LTSC W10 to the cyberpunk advertisment plaza of W11 was like my brain segfaulting.

I won't lie: I could barely think with all the attention-grabbing, adtech bloat. Scary!

Is there a way we can help people who don't know they're being exploited like this?