My experience with microsoft's ads for linux.

Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@lemmy.ml – 550 points –

Hey y'all, today I experienced another push for Linux from our friend Microsoft. 5 minutes ago, I wanted to use the timer app on Windows, so I could manage my work/break schedule, and this fucker showed up. Yes, that's a prompt to sign in with a Microsoft account to use the clock. If you close it, it pops up 30s later. Clicking “Don't sign in” or closing the process responsible for displaying it is useless, and guess what… IT PAUSES THE TIMER WHEN IT SHOWS UP.

I guess this is another thing added to the super long list of things which will eventually make me switch my main workstation to Linux once win10 is discontinued.

/endrant

Hope y'all are having a great day :3

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Could you elaborate on why is it crapware? What should people and buisnesses use instead in your oppinion?

Have you ever used Outlook, or Word, or Teams, or anything by Microsoft that isn’t Excel?

Yes, I used Word and Teams a lot, Access is a piece of shite, that much is for sure