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Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-remove-most-annoying-ads-from-windows

check out how many settings you have to search and disable to turn off MOST of the ads in windows. It's completely ridiculous.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What? I was expecting registry edits from your description. Actually hidden shit. Those examples are all right where you should expect those settings to be.

    That really isn't that many settings, and while it would be nice to have a collected "ads" settings page, those are all located sanely. You just need to pay a modicum of attention to where the ads are on your system, then go to the associated settings page.

    Do people in general just not ever go through the settings when they first get something new? I feel like that's the equivalent of buying some flat packed Ikea furniture and complaining about how shit it is after you throw away the instructions and can't figure out how it needs to be put together.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Do people in general just not ever go through the settings when they first get something new?

    Basically, yeah. Lots of people just mindlessly click next to be finished as fast as possible instead of looking at the page and seeing what it turns on by default.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    This was my thought as well. Pretty sure I already have all of that turned off but I would have done that as part of the install and brief customizing of the UI. Can't say I ever used a guide or anything, or even considered it unusual for modern software.

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