I take it you haven’t used Windows 11 yet, The start menu is basically all advertisements.
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QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 11 months agoWait…this is a thing now!?! I switched to PC, so I wouldn’t know…
Chainweasel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Zimroxo@kbin.social 11 months ago
You can turn them all off though
Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I shouldn’t have to. And if I do it should all be toggles in one place. Not scattered and hidden throughout control panel, settings, and the terminal.
beefcat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You shouldn’t have to, but it’s also something that you only have to do once and takes less than 30 seconds.
It’s a minor annoyance but people act like microsoft crashed an suv into their living room and killed their cat.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have, but there aren’t any unskippable ads at startup.
RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Click the Win11 search bar…
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sp6@lemmy.world 11 months ago
PC ≠ Windows
-Your local linux evangelist
Caradoc879@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How do you know someone is a Linux user?
They’ll fucking tell you.
brsrklf@jlai.lu 11 months ago
You know, that saying doesn’t work nearly as well when the conversation is actually about people’s experience with operating systems.
cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No, that’s just Arch Linux users.
I use Arch, btw.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 11 months ago
“pc has ads too!”
“No thats just windows, other operating systems dont do that. Linux has no ads, for example.”
“AAAAAAHHHHHH LINUX USER LINUX USER!!! AAAAAHHHHH YOU SAID IT THE DEVIL WORD LINUX AAAAAAAAHHHHH MOMMY MOMMY HOLD ME AAAAAAAHHHH THEY TOLD ME THEY USE LINUX AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH OH GOD OH FUCK OH GOD”
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Cry harder
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 10 months ago
Truly the vegans of tech
radix@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s bad, but at the very least, Windows can be customized to hide all that crap. Some options are up front, some require a lot more digging, but it can be de-advertised. Xbox is way more locked down.
beefcat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The first thing I do on any new Windows install is turn web results off in search. This resolves the exact problem people are constantly complaining about.
konalt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve never seen an ad on Windows 10 or 11. Been using 11 for over a year at this point. The start menu just has my pinned apps and recent files.
Knusper@feddit.de 10 months ago
There may be regional differences, depending on how much local laws allow Microsoft to profit off of you…