Windows 11 is now an ad platform--this is why we're here
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The writing is on the wall--I suspect the next Windows OS will be a subscription service. Gather your ISOs while ye may.
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The writing is on the wall--I suspect the next Windows OS will be a subscription service. Gather your ISOs while ye may.
first boot: no i don't want a 365 trial.
still first boot: no i don't want 365 'basic', either.
(you should know this msa already has a one-off office license on it, you fuckwits)
and yea, still in first boot: no i don't want game pass trial.
then game pass notifications shortly after from the 'store'.
this was this past weekend setting up a new desktop with 11 pro.
…no, I don’t want to put all my stuff in OneDrive. No, my settings shouldn’t sync across everything. No, I don’t want to log in with the same account on all devices. I already have email and do not want to use outlook.com thanks. Stop warning me that I did not agree to put all my stuff in OneDrive, it’s really not necessary. What do you mean I can’t change my wallpaper unless I activate? Are you telling me that your antimalware solution that comes bundled in the OS isn’t able to block malicious ads in the browser that also comes with the OS? Why do these applications that I never installed keep showing up in the Start menu? What’s up with all these calls to Azure-based websites in my Pi-Hole logs when I’m away from my desk? Why are my CPUs going at full blast when I’m just staring at the desktop?
And it's only gonna get worse from here.
Was that on the Insider Dev channel, a Preview channel, or did it stop asking after the first time?
I haven't seen a single "ad" of those since I booted Windows 11 Pro for the first time.