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Well that was weird. tldr; Windows has 92% OS share. Windows 10 only accounts for 24% (maybe). Windows 10 is so, so secure. How to make people upgrade? Wind

Well that was weird. tldr; Windows has 92% OS share. Windows 10 only accounts for 24% (maybe). Windows 10 is so, so secure. How to make people upgrade? Windows 10 new update will have advertising. Other OS's sure look good now. I feel like this section of the Economist doesn't get much editorial review.

acqq 10y ago
> Windows 10 new update will have advertising. And I don't see anybody blinks here on HN about that. Why? https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/85341/microsoft-cheapens-windows-10-ads https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/85341/microsoft-... "So Windows 10 pops-up little advertising windows—sorry, tips—on the Edge icon in the taskbar, or in the Action Center UI, or in the Settings interface where you can change your defaults, because it really, really, really doesn’t want you to exercise free will and make a better decision for yourself." "For the next version of Windows 10, Microsoft is even experimenting with ads—sorry, tips—that will appear in File Explorer. You don’t get any more “in the OS user interface” than that, folks, unless Microsoft starts displaying ads in event logs next. Don’t laugh. So repeat after me: There are ads all over Windows. And it’s just getting worse."
- Infinitesimus 10y ago
  > And I don't see anybody blinks here on HN about that. Why? People did complain about start menu ads a lot when it first came out. I don't see their "Edge is faster/more battery friendly" ads as entirely bad though 1. Edge is more battery friendly on Windows laptops 2. Google does the same thing by prompting you to install Chrome does it not? Difference is OS vs website but google.com is the default "internet" for an awful lot of people...
- tonyedgecombe 10y ago
  This was the final straw for me, as soon as I started seeing ads (on the pro version) I decided to switch.

acqq 10y ago

> Windows 10 new update will have advertising. And I don't see anybody blinks here on HN about that. Why? https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/85341/microsoft-cheapens-windows-10-ads https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/85341/microsoft-... "So Windows 10 pops-up little advertising windows—sorry, tips—on the Edge icon in the taskbar, or in the Action Center UI, or in the Settings interface where you can change your defaults, because it really, really, really doesn’t want you to exercise free will and make a better decision for yourself." "For the next version of Windows 10, Microsoft is even experimenting with ads—sorry, tips—that will appear in File Explorer. You don’t get any more “in the OS user interface” than that, folks, unless Microsoft starts displaying ads in event logs next. Don’t laugh. So repeat after me: There are ads all over Windows. And it’s just getting worse."

Infinitesimus 10y ago
> And I don't see anybody blinks here on HN about that. Why? People did complain about start menu ads a lot when it first came out. I don't see their "Edge is faster/more battery friendly" ads as entirely bad though 1. Edge is more battery friendly on Windows laptops 2. Google does the same thing by prompting you to install Chrome does it not? Difference is OS vs website but google.com is the default "internet" for an awful lot of people...
tonyedgecombe 10y ago
This was the final straw for me, as soon as I started seeing ads (on the pro version) I decided to switch.