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You can still have a debloated Windows 11 setup without the bloat by just selecting "English (World)" in the localisation option during installation. Add to that the "no@thankyou.com" trick while signing in to Microsoft account and you'll have an option of a fresh, clean locally-administered install.

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Didn't they fix the English (World) trick at some point?

Regardless of that, supposedly for this you just need to set your region to somewhere in the EU during initial installation; Though that can't be changed post-install.

I installed Windows 11 just this month, the trick is still working.

What's the deal with no thankyou? Are you just giving access to your machine to the owner of thankyou.com?

A clever person got that account banned. When you try logging in with that email and a random password, it will fail, and Windows will allow you create a local account. (ref: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37179504, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33049235).

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