It's not about disk space, it's about what all that data is doing. Quite a lot of it is what we would traditionally call malware. Or shovelware if you want to be generous.

Given Microsoft's recent history, it would be reasonable to assume that most of that bloat is full of software that is actively aiming to harm you, scam you, or spy on you. More than disk space, it burns CPU cycles and bandwidth that you are paying for.

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p0w3n3d a day ago | parent | next [-]

It also burns the space literally, because a lot of writes to the SSD are breaking it

	▲	GuB-42 a day ago \| parent [-]
		SSD wear is almost never an issue in a typical use case scenario. I don't know anyone who has hit the limit, even when very large applications are installed (ex: AAA games). It may be worth considering if you are hosting a database or a file server though, but this is very atypical for a Windows PC.

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add-sub-mul-div a day ago | parent | prev [-]

You don't need a special distro to turn those settings off. I read FUD all the time about those settings being reverted in updates but I turned it all off years ago and it's still off every time I check.