Blue_Morpho comments on Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There aren't more ads than 10 because MS has added those ads to 10 with each update over the years.

Weather bug in taskbar is an ad server. You click on it and it brings up bing stories to get you to click them and see ads. The search bar now has a little daily decoration. Click it for ads. The search menu has bing news- again to bait you into clicking one and seeing an ad.

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[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

All of that is disabled on my system.

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

And all of these are easily disabled with GPO, registry edits, and other basic system administration means.

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

One shouldn't have to disable ads in any OS. They shouldn't exist in the first place.

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[–] Tarcion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, that likely explains it. I know when installing I hit "no" on anything that sounds remotely marketing related and I turned off search and weather because they just don't add any value and I like a clean screen. So I think the only ads I get are the small, unobtrusive ones on the lock screen, which I can't say I'm bothered by in the slightest. I barely even notice them since it isn't like I stare at the lock screen.

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