TIL (from a different part of the internet):
Windows 10 China Government Edition supports Mandarin Chinese only, region locked.
- OneDrive / Microsoft Cloud is removed,
- no Microsoft Store,
- Minimal or no telemetry to meet government demands,
- uses Chinese-approved encryption standards (unlike BitLocker),
- Entra ID / Azure AD Support replaced with local directory services,
- more localized control over system updates in Win 10 China Govt Ed.
I wonder if China asked to compile it themselves.
Kudos to them for removing Microsoft Store. Absolutely hate Microsoft for obvious other things but them forcing their built-in stuff by only being available from store is BS. More of a problem in Win11 than Win10 but I hate Micro$oft nonetheless.
The other day I had to play a 4k video on a factory-reset Windows10 laptop, and upon loading the video with Windows’ new default Media Player, I got shown a missing codec popup, which led to a PAID codec download page of Microsoft Store for HEVC/H.265 (which cost about €1, dunno if price changes by region).
It was bewildering. Of course I downloaded VLC immediately and everything was great there, but the whole store just feels like a scam to me.
I tried to gather more information on this and even more bewilderingly, I came across this subreddit and this post…
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxsucks101/it’s quite a read if anyone’s interested.
My last work computer was locked down and i learned the microsoft store was full of expensive garbage.
