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It's not ok with the toxic community for Microsoft to advertise features of its operating systems (or let them know of so-called 'bloat'). But it is OK for a company to use pop-ups to request money for their communist endeavors.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

First, what do you think communist means?

Second, you have the choice and flexibility to turn such messages off.

Third, if you donate to KDE you are supporting an open and free software, if you spend money on Microsoft you're lining the pockets of a large company.

[–] Travesty 13 points 3 weeks ago

KDE might get more donations if they note their plan to seize the means of production in that little popup

[–] RustyNova 3 points 3 weeks ago

Fourth: people complained about when it launched too!

It's not because it exists once (Microsoft is full ads instead of only one) that it's the consensus either. Look at Gnome and cinnamon (among others)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago

But... at least my games will run :p