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Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising (www.techradar.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its push for advertisments, frankly - remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade users to install Edge or other Microsoft services? Then another advertisment was placed in the Start menu, and now Microsoft has finally worn my temper thin - with a new Game Pass ad coming to the Settings app.

This will likely arrive in the July update for Windows 11, or at least it’s almost certain to do so. It was present in the latest preview update Microsoft just released for the OS (and quickly paused due to a bug, but that’s another story). It’s also worth noting that the ad has been present in earlier test versions of Windows 11.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

They are behaving as if someone promised them to outlaw FOSS operating systems.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Guys, I'll switch in a heartbeat to a Linux OS if any one you can recommend a stable OS that works on a Surface Go 2. It should support its touchscreen, of course, and a Surface Pen. Plus, a FOSS alternative to Journal would be stellar

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I've been running Bazzite on an old 1st gen Surface Book Pro that I had laying around. Touch screen and all the fancy keyboard stuff works great.

[–] maxinstuff 6 points 5 months ago

I'm running Ubuntu on a Surface Laptop Studio. I really like it, though I have not yet gotten the touchscreen and pen working.

If I figure it out (and I remember) I'll let you know.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Have you looked into Mint?

The linux mint forums make it seem like it works out of the box. I know that it worked out of the box for my Thinkpad x380, even the touchscreen, pen, and screen rotation.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Idk Journal but you can give Xournal a try, it works pretty well and you can arrange all the buttons to your liking

https://xournalpp.github.io/

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[–] RichieRich 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I hope they don't show an ad on my doctor's operating table computer while he's performing surgery on my heart and watching through a camera image. 😱

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 9 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Lemmy: why aren't people using Linux? It's so easy

Also Lemmy: webp huh?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If comsic desktop gets a perfect launch, it wouldn't be an over exaggeration to say, some amount of people will switch

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[–] yesman 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Are you going to have to deal with a full-screen ad when you’re trying to open File Explorer eventually?

I was literally reading this sentence when the whole page grayed out and a window asking me to subscribe popped up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

If windows becomes an advertising platform, isn't MS forced to open it to competitors lest they are misusing their power?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I know that this expression desensitises people to something serious, but it describes Microsoft - the "it"/corporation - perfectly: rapist mentality. It shows how eager Microsoft is to disregard consent, users saying "no, I don't want it", and to force itself over the users as long as it gets some benefit out of it.

Including new obnoxious advertisement slots into an already released product - one that you paid for - is only a result of that mentality.

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