My biggest hurdle:
Having to install Windows because some old application only runs on Windows.
No, i do not want to sign in.
I AM SURE

Installer: How about signing in?

Edit: Now it asks me about privacy options. As if i even had a choice..

Ok, just realised that tons of bloatware is shipped with Windows (Autodesk, "Keeper",...) but there is no Solitaire anymore..
Who even uses this

Actually, stock Windows has little to none bloatware. Seems like you either have an OEM or a pirated version which could be modified. Solitaire is available on the store.

@randomCoder
I downloaded the Stock USB ISO from Microsofts Website, and I just found this: https://reddit.com/r/Windows10/...

Edit: Looks like since the anniversary update, there is something called "Content Delivery Manager", which silently diwnloads bloatware.

You can turn off the invasive tracking options with check boxes I think?

Let me rephrase that: you can uncheck some things related to privacy in the hopes that they actually do something instead of just having a 'checked' value turned on or off in a database 😅

@dontbeevil
The Solitaire thing was a joke, and I found the Option to create an offline Account, it just annoyed me that they ask over and over again.

And I don't like the preinstalled apps from Apple either, but if you like it, i haveno Problem with that and I don't want to argue about operating Systems. (I am using Arch Linux on which i only installed what i wanted to install)

@linuxxx Any proof or just guessing

@randomCoder On what?

@linuxxx On MS not following your instructions on which data it may collect.

@randomCoder
And you can also only "disable" few things from what they read according to their privacy policy.