• @marcos@lemmy.world
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    192 years ago

    He though that new widget with all the advertisements was really nice, and was on the way to thank whoever cleaned his system removing 3/4 of the items on the start menu.

    • @kadu@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      You do realize there aren’t actual ads in the start menu, right?

      When you first install Windows and notice Candy Crush and TikTok pinned in the start menu, those aren’t actually installed or dynamic advertising slots - they’re shortcuts to download the apps from the store. If you remove them, they never come back, no new “ads” appear, nothing happens.

      • FuglyDuck
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        112 years ago

        They’re dropping them as notifications in the system tray, though.

        Yeah, there’s ways of stopping it, it’s patently ridiculous.

        • @kadu@lemmy.world
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          I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about. I’ve never seen an ad in the taskbar.

          I have seen Amazon integration in the Unity DE though :D

          • FuglyDuck
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            32 years ago

            I have. it popped up in a notification. it was for MS office even though I have never (and will never) use 365 willingly. If you’re using a organization-controlled version from your employeer, it’s possible they have it turned off and MS actually respected their group policy.

            They didn’t for me.

          • @_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz
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            32 years ago

            Unity DE

            I’d say that’s where you took a wrong turn, but really it was installing Ubuntu in the first place. I’ve given nameless crackheads a dollar that I trust more than Canonical.

        • @Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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          12 years ago

          It is patently ridiculous one time.

          You remove them and they will never return.

          But the Linux community really likes to rave on about it as if it is the worst infraction since the holocaust. Just look at this comment section.

          The fact remains that OP used Windows for 45 minutes without even noticing. So it is really not that bad as many of you claim it is.

          • FuglyDuck
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            72 years ago

            You remove them and they will never return.

            until they revert your settings in the next update. Which happens. And then there’s the privacy invasion and intrusion they represent. You get to use what you want. But this is linuxmemes… you’re going to find more people hostile to MS here than you will in other vague computing forums. MS definitely deserves the hate, though. “Embrace. Extend. Extinguish” is still their motto.

            • @Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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              12 years ago

              No that does not happen with the ads. Those only appear during a fresh install and can be clicked away in a matter of seconds.

              The only thing that happens with is sometimes Edge and recently the search bar once.

              MS deserves hate sure, but not the unwarranted hate some of you have here in the comments.

              • FuglyDuck
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                Uh huh.

                Sure it doesn’t. Microsoft never turns off settings with major updates….

                …. Never….

                In fact it- that is the advertisement in notifications- happened again with the most recent major update.

                But go ahead, ignore my anecdote. I’m sure that makes it more comforting for you. That’s it. I’m just totally incompetent and don’t know how to turn off “suggested” notifications.

                I’ll shut up since I clearly don’t know how to use a computer.

      • muse
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        32 years ago

        Yeah but irrational anger because Micro$oft bad is easier and gets more upvotes