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Microsoft confirms showing two new ads on Windows 11, calls them "notifications"

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨neme@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨windows@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.windowslatest.com/2024/12/19/microsoft-confirms-showing-two-new-ads-on-windows-11-calls-them-notifications/

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  • DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the first second i see an ad on my desktop is the last second i willingly use windows

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    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good news! They’ve been doing this since Windows 95.

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  • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I got wins 10, just installed a new Brother printer, now i am getting ink/toner ads mascaraed as notifications

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Someone didn’t get enterprise…

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Been downvoted to hell for saying it, but the only ad I see is some innocuous crap on the lock screen. That’s it.

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    • adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      probably because you’ve already turned off the ‘features’ that show them.

      that lockscreen crap can be turned off, too, btw.

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