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>you saw Tomb Raider not because Square Enix paid to be on the lock screen, but because Microsoft was trying to push that you can get AAA games in the Windows S
by MiddleEndian 10y ago
>you saw Tomb Raider not because Square Enix paid to be on the lock screen, but because Microsoft was trying to push that you can get AAA games in the Windows Store
I would still consider this to be an ad.
- freehunter 10y agoNot any more than "upgrade to Windows 7 Pro to access these features" that they've had for years.
- MiddleEndian 10y agoI'd consider that an unacceptable ad as well, but I've never had 7 Home.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI never said it wasn't still an ad. But as I explained, it has essentially none of the problems that are associated with ads. Ergo, complaints about it are more that it offends your special snowflake sensitivity against ads, than that there's an actual problem that needs to be addressed.
- MiddleEndian 10y agoMy operating system showing me ads is inherently a problem.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoIn what way? Assuming you've already decided you're okay with rotating wallpapers on your lockscreen downloaded periodically (the only way in which you'll see these "ads"), what is the detrimental effect on your operating system? We can both agree, I'm sure, that your OS tracking you is a clear problem, and I'm not unable to be convinced on this one here, but I'm going to need to see a line of reasoning on how it harms you.
- MiddleEndian 10y agoAn ad is inherently antagonistic. It doesn't add to the product I'm using (in this case the operating system); its only function is to try to trick me into buying more things.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoAre you suggesting the mere display of a wallpaper from the latest Tomb Raider game is capable of deception? Of "tricking" you into buying it?
- MiddleEndian 10y agoIs it going to trick me in particular? Probably not; I'm not likely to buy that type of game anyway. Would it be using my computer as a marketing tool to promote a product? Yes. A more obvious example might have been if it said something like "Drink Coke". It's a banner ad, but now bundled automatically into your machine. Even if banner ads didn't track you, I'd still block them. There's a reason marketers pay for them.