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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome (www.theverge.com)
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[–] soundguygoeshard 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use FF as the main on Windows, and the amount of popups I receive about not only the browser — not using OneDrive as well, MS365, etc — makes me want to switch back to a Mac. I do computer repair, and Macs are the worst consistently for it. I have to use OpenCore if I want to run software past an arbitrary ‘limit’ set by Apple because it thinks capable hardware is too old. But apparently having a £150 copy of Win11 pro doesn’t get me no ads and Microsoft continues to think it’s acceptable to annoy a user base into submission.

[–] ladananton450 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe you heard this like a hundred times by now, but you can always try linux.

[–] soundguygoeshard 3 points 1 year ago

I’m considering it. I run laptops, so there’s some concerns about battery life/Dell XPS drivers that I have to reason out.