I’ve never seen a single ad in windows. I keep hearing they are coming… But so far it’s just a few predatory practices failing to convince me to use their stupid browser.
Have you ever opened the start menu? There are ads there. Unless you’re using some release like LTSC or have a network-level Adblock there are ads in there. For TikTok, candy crush, Disney+, etc. it’s like the preinstalled bloat on some androids, they’re just ads you have to annoyingly remove from your start menu.
I’m sure you have the options disabled that show this kind of stuff but it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Anyone who is not tech savvy (99% of the population) will have no clue how to turn this stuff off or that it’s even an option.
I guarantee any PC sold by any big box store or on Amazon will come with this stuff enabled by default.
I’ve never seen a single ad in windows. I keep hearing they are coming… But so far it’s just a few predatory practices failing to convince me to use their stupid browser.
Same,this starts to look like paranoia imo.
I think it’s just Linux people trying to poison the well. I’m not even mad, haha.
But like, I’m not joining the lie, either. Some day it could happen, though, and on that day sign me up for a pitchfork.
What about the ads in the start menu? For candy crush or tiktok
Have you ever opened the start menu? There are ads there. Unless you’re using some release like LTSC or have a network-level Adblock there are ads in there. For TikTok, candy crush, Disney+, etc. it’s like the preinstalled bloat on some androids, they’re just ads you have to annoyingly remove from your start menu.
I just did and I have no idea what you’re talking about. All I see are my pinned apps and recently used files.
I’m sure you have the options disabled that show this kind of stuff but it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Anyone who is not tech savvy (99% of the population) will have no clue how to turn this stuff off or that it’s even an option.
I guarantee any PC sold by any big box store or on Amazon will come with this stuff enabled by default.
Which they’ve only been doing for… checks watch…30 years.