@avlcharlie @nixCraft I recently purchased a desktop through my University and it came with Windows 11 installed (sadly I was forced to pay for a licence, no option of buying a computer without operating system). I turned it on just to check everything was working before wiping it out to install Linux. Windows setup kicked in and I was forced to login with a Microsoft account (no shutdown button, the only other option was pulling the plug but obviously didn't want to do that) then after having to accept a neverending series of T&C I got asked whether I wanted personalised ads. And this comes out of public money.