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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google (www.theverge.com)

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Depends on the laws of the country with the language you picked during setup.

e.g. use UK english or German for setup and change after.

At least until they switch to detect via IP range or whatever.

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[–] Yeti_Rider@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Oh maybe that's it. I've also never seen any kind of popup or ad (same thing for my Samsung TVs) that I've seen people mentioning.

I had no idea why I might be spared.

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[–] CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I'm in the US, using English as my language. Idk, this is weird.

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