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Where did you read that? All I'm seeing is more and more ads in win 10 as time goes on.

Animats 10y ago
Next, Windows video ads you can't block that only appear when you have a projector connected, chosen by adtech which reads your PowerPoint presentations.
- sitkack 10y ago
  Fucking patent that.
fludlight 10y ago
Wait, wait, I've been in an OSX/AdBlock/uBlock bubble since Windows 7, are you saying that the latest mass consumer version of Windows has advertisements built in like network television?
- flukus 10y ago
  Yes. The login screen has "click to buy this desktop wallpaper" ads and occasionally paid ad placements (I believe there was a tomb raider one). And recently they've been putting their cloud drive (OneDrive??) ads in explorer (even for the pro edition). It was one of the final straws that pushed me back to linux.
  - quickben 10y ago
    The crazy thing is that it does that per account apparently. I ran few tools under my admin acc and I stopped seeing most of the crap. I saw my wife clicking the start menu under her account on the same PC, and sure enough, ads there. I think I'll just move Win10 under a VM to preserve some apps and run Linux.
- efdee 10y ago
  I've heard people talk about them, but I've never seen it on any of the 4 Windows 10 machines running under my roof. Apart from the (already plenty annoying) notification about a new version of Office.
  - taude 10y ago
    I haven't seen any either. I makes me wonder if people are using pirated versions of Windows and Microsoft has figured out a way to know this reliably and target them with ads. I do have my "developer tools extensions" enabled on my Windows 10 machine, which I wonder if it affects being targeted by ads.
    - shakna 10y ago
      A/B testing for Windows 10 occurs in the wild, instead of extensive QA testing. You don't see it, because you're in a separate group.
    - quickben 10y ago
      I upgraded from paid win7 ultimate. Maybe they a/b test?

Next, Windows video ads you can't block that only appear when you have a projector connected, chosen by adtech which reads your PowerPoint presentations.

sitkack 10y ago
Fucking patent that.

fludlight 10y ago

Wait, wait, I've been in an OSX/AdBlock/uBlock bubble since Windows 7, are you saying that the latest mass consumer version of Windows has advertisements built in like network television?

flukus 10y ago
Yes. The login screen has "click to buy this desktop wallpaper" ads and occasionally paid ad placements (I believe there was a tomb raider one). And recently they've been putting their cloud drive (OneDrive??) ads in explorer (even for the pro edition). It was one of the final straws that pushed me back to linux.
- quickben 10y ago
  The crazy thing is that it does that per account apparently. I ran few tools under my admin acc and I stopped seeing most of the crap. I saw my wife clicking the start menu under her account on the same PC, and sure enough, ads there. I think I'll just move Win10 under a VM to preserve some apps and run Linux.
efdee 10y ago
I've heard people talk about them, but I've never seen it on any of the 4 Windows 10 machines running under my roof. Apart from the (already plenty annoying) notification about a new version of Office.
- taude 10y ago
  I haven't seen any either. I makes me wonder if people are using pirated versions of Windows and Microsoft has figured out a way to know this reliably and target them with ads. I do have my "developer tools extensions" enabled on my Windows 10 machine, which I wonder if it affects being targeted by ads.
  - shakna 10y ago
    A/B testing for Windows 10 occurs in the wild, instead of extensive QA testing. You don't see it, because you're in a separate group.
  - quickben 10y ago
    I upgraded from paid win7 ultimate. Maybe they a/b test?