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Windows comes with a great deal more embedded spyware and adware than macOS, and has a lot more malware targeted at it in the wild. I think the security situation is far better on macOS.

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Windows really doesn't, it's the OEMs. It's a pain, but I usually spend like 30 minutes cleaning up a new laptop and it never bothers me again. My last few machines have been Acers and they were pretty clean.

This is not an accurate statement. Windows 10 includes a huge amount of spyware out of the box direct from Microsoft.

"Spyware" is a bit of an exaggeration. Pretty much all the things it does are also done on Android phones, and it asks you on setup if you'd like to disable any.

Now, MS isn't an ad company like Google, and enabling data collection by default is the wrong approach for users. It feels like it was build with features (that you probably don't care about--Hey Cortana) in mind before privacy.

Have you looked at the network traffic coming out of macOS lately?

Yes, I run Little Snitch with the Apple whitelists disabled.

https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/hacks/src/branch/master/fixcatalin...

The above script helps a little bit.

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