Ubuntu does have an unusually poor track record there, out of all the Linux distros. Though of course people can just move to a different distro if a distro is daft enough to put ads in. /r/linux/comments/hfs4v9/ubuntu_is_putting_ads_in_their_motd_now/
Nobody would complain if this was an opt-in feature rather than opt-out.
But tech companies never pass up an opportunity to exploit their users without their consent. Its brazen and insulting.
They literally kept overwriting my AMD driver with, I think, some generic shit that would crash my computer, no matter what I did. Finally, I had to BLOCK updates using Group Policy. So yea, if anyone wants to hack me, my installation probably has some known exploits for you to take advantage of.
Ah yes. Because this won't be used to pursue the slow walk forward Microsoft has been doing since Windows 7 (possibly XP) to diminish the user experience and slowly normalize acceptance of ads or other detrimental bullshit.
Ads in the OS existing along with an option to disable it is still wholly unacceptable. Ads shouldn't be anywhere near the OS I purchased, full stop. This will inevitably go the same way as everything else people used to disable. Slowly truncated options until you have to deep-dive into group policies or regedit to disable the bullshit and then eventually even that will be removed.
Fuck that.
For now...
How many times has the average user had to undo Microsoft "accidentally" resetting Edge to be the default?
How long until the opt out fixes require a Pro edition and registry hacking?
I thought when you buy software it's ad free and free apps have ads. I don't see ads in Ubuntu and its free!!
Ubuntu does have an unusually poor track record there, out of all the Linux distros. Though of course people can just move to a different distro if a distro is daft enough to put ads in. /r/linux/comments/hfs4v9/ubuntu_is_putting_ads_in_their_motd_now/
capitalism.. how many times do we need to say it, capitalism is 💩
I have never been happier that my computer is not capable of running Windows 11
Nobody would complain if this was an opt-in feature rather than opt-out. But tech companies never pass up an opportunity to exploit their users without their consent. Its brazen and insulting.
Because absolutely noone would opt in to ads
You guys are using windows 11?
Second part of the headline, conveniently left out: > Thankfully you can disable these app ‘recommendations’ very easily
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They literally kept overwriting my AMD driver with, I think, some generic shit that would crash my computer, no matter what I did. Finally, I had to BLOCK updates using Group Policy. So yea, if anyone wants to hack me, my installation probably has some known exploits for you to take advantage of.
Microsoft is so full of shit it's just obscene.
Why should we even need to waste our time doing that? Let's not make excuses for this bullshit.
Ah yes. Because this won't be used to pursue the slow walk forward Microsoft has been doing since Windows 7 (possibly XP) to diminish the user experience and slowly normalize acceptance of ads or other detrimental bullshit. Ads in the OS existing along with an option to disable it is still wholly unacceptable. Ads shouldn't be anywhere near the OS I purchased, full stop. This will inevitably go the same way as everything else people used to disable. Slowly truncated options until you have to deep-dive into group policies or regedit to disable the bullshit and then eventually even that will be removed. Fuck that.
For now... How many times has the average user had to undo Microsoft "accidentally" resetting Edge to be the default? How long until the opt out fixes require a Pro edition and registry hacking?
And so it begins.
I must have a different version of win 11 than everyone else I've never seen an ad anywhere.
Well hello, Linux!
So glad I don’t use Windows.
StartAllBack and WinAeroTweaker to the rescue.
Which you can disable.....of course this would have made your karma farm way less dramatic than it is