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> allowing advert pigs to switch people's desktops around is a massive overreach Sorry but what do you even mean with this? Most of yours points already don't

> allowing advert pigs to switch people's desktops around is a massive overreach Sorry but what do you even mean with this? Most of yours points already don't make a lot of sense, but this one jumped out at me. I've been running windows 10 while it came out and have literally not seen a single advertisement. Nor have I been bothered with cortana a single time. Not even sure what it is/does as I've never bothered to look into it or use it.

m45t3r 10y ago
There is ads in a default Windows install, since Anniversary update at least. I remember that I had to reinstall my Windows 10 system on Anniversary update since Microsoft Update was simply refusing to update my system (unknown error multiple times), and in my lock screen sometimes I would get an ad about some random UWP app (or it was a movie? Don't remember). I would get app install suggestions inside Start menu too, very annoying. For now at least, you can disable both in Windows Settings and they don't seem to come back automatically. I don't know in the future though. P.S.: before OP, this is on Windows 10 Pro.
- tokenizerrr 10y ago
  Weird. I have win10 on my desktop and laptop, and I've barely tweaked the install on my laptop because I never use it. Neither show ads of any kind anywhere and I don't recall ever seeing one. There are the random pictures for lock screens, but those are mostly just nature pics. Never any kind of ads. The start menu does have those flashy windows 10 app tiles, but I just reduced the size of the start menu until those went away.
  - m45t3r 10y ago
    http://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how-to-disable-all-of-windows-10s-built-in-advertising/ http://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how-to-disable-all-of-window... I remember having to disable at least the first two items (Lock Screen and Suggested Apps). And instead of simply reducing size of Windows 10 start menu, I completely uninstalled all UWP included Apps. The really infuriating thing is that Microsoft seems to re-enable some of those settings in each major update, and this is no fun.
tomc1985 10y ago
The "bother" is that Cortana is there at all. It shouldn't be. I don't want it, I didn't opt in to it, and I don't want MS changing settings on my PC without my consent. In fact, consent is the very heart of that particular issue. I do not consent to any of this cloud-flavored bullshit, yet I am forced to deal with it to stay modern in the platform I am most comfortable on. Also, how do those arguments "not make a lot of sense"? Your insults could use a bit more subtlety.

m45t3r 10y ago

There is ads in a default Windows install, since Anniversary update at least. I remember that I had to reinstall my Windows 10 system on Anniversary update since Microsoft Update was simply refusing to update my system (unknown error multiple times), and in my lock screen sometimes I would get an ad about some random UWP app (or it was a movie? Don't remember). I would get app install suggestions inside Start menu too, very annoying. For now at least, you can disable both in Windows Settings and they don't seem to come back automatically. I don't know in the future though. P.S.: before OP, this is on Windows 10 Pro.

tokenizerrr 10y ago
Weird. I have win10 on my desktop and laptop, and I've barely tweaked the install on my laptop because I never use it. Neither show ads of any kind anywhere and I don't recall ever seeing one. There are the random pictures for lock screens, but those are mostly just nature pics. Never any kind of ads. The start menu does have those flashy windows 10 app tiles, but I just reduced the size of the start menu until those went away.
- m45t3r 10y ago
  http://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how-to-disable-all-of-windows-10s-built-in-advertising/ http://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how-to-disable-all-of-window... I remember having to disable at least the first two items (Lock Screen and Suggested Apps). And instead of simply reducing size of Windows 10 start menu, I completely uninstalled all UWP included Apps. The really infuriating thing is that Microsoft seems to re-enable some of those settings in each major update, and this is no fun.

tomc1985 10y ago

The "bother" is that Cortana is there at all. It shouldn't be. I don't want it, I didn't opt in to it, and I don't want MS changing settings on my PC without my consent. In fact, consent is the very heart of that particular issue. I do not consent to any of this cloud-flavored bullshit, yet I am forced to deal with it to stay modern in the platform I am most comfortable on. Also, how do those arguments "not make a lot of sense"? Your insults could use a bit more subtlety.