Comment on Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone

• PhilMcGraw@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wait, what? Ubuntu spams you in the terminal?

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• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s not an ad. Nobody is being paid to put that there. It’s a promotion.

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  • vardogor@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    they’re advertising their paid product, don’t really see a difference. even semantically

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    • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is very different.

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      • vardogor@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        advertisement /,ædvər’taɪzmənt/ noun a public promotion of some product or service

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      • laughterlaughter@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, it isn’t.

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      • NoFun4You@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If by very different you mean exactly the same

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  • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Microsoft: “Ours is not an ads either, it’s a recommendation for a store app. We’re not advertising products you cannot install on your PC.”

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    • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s an ad because its shown as a condition of payment/something economical.

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      • laughterlaughter@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In that case, you’re contradicting yourself, because the Ubuntu “promotions” require a money exchange.

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