Ah right

I bet there’s still a lot of stuff coded in that era that is still used in windows 11, like the drive format dialog or some icon resources

If you don’t join a domain, win11 pro will automatically install all the sponsored stuff exactly like win11 home at first login. There’s no difference in the two editions except only the pro can join a domain. Exactly same level of bloat, even if it’s more expensive

I wonder how many would just do it for the extra discount and then use massgrave

Edit:

I went to watch their prices for the diy series

• Win 11 home is +145€
• Win 11 pro is +259€
• Ubuntu is free

(Preinstalled, is +220 € for win 11 pro or free Ubuntu, can’t get win home edition if preinstalled)