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To be fair, the music app isn't the operating system, just something that comes with it. You are not forced to use it - and you didn't pay for it so it being ad
by AdeptusAquinas 11y ago
To be fair, the music app isn't the operating system, just something that comes with it. You are not forced to use it - and you didn't pay for it so it being ad supported is practically normal.
Did you pay for Windows 10?
- tdicola 11y agoI didn't pay for my Linux install and it has zero ad-supported junkware.
- Ntrails 11y agoWasn't there a big bru-ha-ha when one of the big linux gui distros added amazon crapware by default?
- glogla 11y agoThere was. It was just one distribution of many (Ubuntu), just one version of it in fact (Unity Ubuntu, Xubuntu or Kubuntu or whatever is Gnome Ubuntu called didn't include it) and it was not only possible (unlike in Windows 8 and 10) but also rather easy to remove.
- bmn_ 11y agoThere was, and as a result a lot of people shitcanned that distro, and said incident left an indelible black mark on the vendor's reputation.
- malbs 11y agoNo, the Windows 10 upgrade was "Free", but I was talking specifically about Windows 8 with regards to ads in the O/S. The music app comes with the O/S, and is the default registered music player, for all intents are purposes, it's part of the O/S, and it's ability to inject ads into the start screen (as well as the Games widget, and Store widget doing the same thing) are just more of that.