WHwhocanfly·Jun 1, 2021
Bloatbox is an open source alternative with a GUI: https://github.com/builtbybel/bloatbox
They have also made a privacy and security related app https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla
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☑️🌠 Remove Bloatwares from Windows 10
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What it is
☑️🌠 Remove Bloatwares from Windows 10
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Observed mentions: 2021-02-06 23:47:54 UTC to 2021-06-01 15:02:19 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Feb 1 | 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-08 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 8 | 2021-02-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 15 | 2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-22 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22 | 2021-02-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 1 | 2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-03-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 8 | 2021-03-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-03-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 15 | 2021-03-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-03-22 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 22 | 2021-03-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-03-29 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 29 | 2021-03-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-04-05 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5 | 2021-04-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-04-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 12 | 2021-04-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-04-19 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19 | 2021-04-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-04-26 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 26 | 2021-04-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 3 | 2021-05-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 10 | 2021-05-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 17 | 2021-05-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 24 | 2021-05-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-31 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 31 | 2021-05-31 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-06-07 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesSharpApp appears to be his older app serving a similar purpose.
> Script files provided for Privatezilla or my older app SharpApp are fully compatible with Bloatbox. You will find some on my site here
Source: https://github.com/builtbybel/bloatbox
I normally use a combination of ShutUp10 and a personal debloat script, but I will check this out.
I resent that I need to use Windows. If it wasn't for gaming sigh.
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