At least on Pro / Enterprise / Education edition there are no ads. Maybe I have disabled them, no idea. It could be that this is a thing in Home edition that cannot be easily disabled, have never used Home edition in my life to be honest.

Recall is an optional feature that will run on specific CPUs and it will be local unless something recently changed. Would I use it even if I could? No, I don’t see a need, but it probably will be useful to many.

It is almost the same as Windows 8 underneath. W11 for almost everyone should feel just like a new skin with couple more features. There are some annoyances, but I have not seen anything yet that I would consider dealbreaking.

Is there a reason to think there will be no trial and this guy by some reason will end up in some CIA black site without trial?

I just find it interesting that someone who has absolutely no trust in authorities does not have a theory that court can be influenced by the same authorities.

If you will not trust authorities how do you expect them to prove it to you?

Is anyone else besides China doing this? Cannot really call it international norm if 1 country is doing this.

Agree on this except I have doubts that this statement is true

It is insulting that a Chinese run social media platform provides more freedom of speech online than its US competitors.