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I can't remember the last time I had to use HP software. They're a bad company that's easy to avoid. Windows is becoming easier to avoid as well. I have a copy of Windows 10 installed on another HDD, but I almost never have to use it.
Fortunately I only have to deal with it at work while repairing and setting up peoples' computers. And it does mean I get to see the messed up tactics that are being used on average "non-techie" people. I take pride in removing bloatware and turning off many of the settings in Windows that like to "suggest new features and apps". And I damn sure make a point to add uBlock Origin to all the browsers. Given how these companies just go nuts with BS "notifications" (the AV programs are the worst, especially the ones that the person is already freaking paying for). It is honestly hard to tell people what is and isn't a real alert or is just up-sale shit. And the scammers online are hard to inform them about because those "alerts" look just like the "official" ones. Even just trying to go straight to the OEM sites like Dell or HP just cover your screen with shit and freaking surveys before you have even searched anything. The current internet is just corpo shit, scammers, and advertisements that cover up the actual content.