Comment on Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage
accideath@lemmy.world 1 month agoThe funny thing is, there isn’t even really a free OS with ads. At least none that I know of. Linux is open source and thus usually non commercial. Worst case you get a “please donate” the first time you log in. macOS is technically free (although you kinda subsidize it through the hardware, I suppose) and it doesn’t have ads and even chrome OS is ad free afaik. It’s really only Windows and some Android flavours, usually those running on very cheap chinese devices. And Samsung of course.
HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ubuntu has ads, or at least takes money to have shortcuts to Amazon and the like
unautrenom@jlai.lu 1 month ago
To my knowledge, this hasn’t been the case for nearly a decade, after the backlash they received specifically for it.
HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thank you, I haven’t used Ubuntu for nearly a decade 😅 I’ve updated my comment suggesting people look at the replies
sag@lemm.ee 1 month ago
In Past
accideath@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ah right. Count on canonical to make my point moot.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Historical truth not active truth.