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THe "ads" are recommended apps. You can disable that.

CydeWeys 9y ago
Disabling it is tweaking. The default install of Windows 10 comes with ads and all sorts of other bullshit that doesn't benefit the user (in an operating system that you paid hundreds of dollars for, mind you). You have to go out of your way to opt out of it, and most users will not ever realize that such opting out is even possible.
- supernovae 9y ago
  Even the ads will ask you if you want to disable them.. "click here to disable future notifications" or if you open notification center you can "click here to disable future notifications". I am slightly bemused we're making excuses for people not trying anything.. especially when computers these days are all about "Expressing yourself" and "identity"..
  - windwake12 9y ago
    I shouldn't have to use gpedit to disable ads that consistently appears when using certain windows features, and which have no "Don't ask me again". Presumably some freak compatability issue (I've noticed ads always appear when I open files using a certain program).
  - supernovae 9y ago
    Google does those "Ads" when you open anything google-y without google.. if we're playing this game, we should play it fairly.
    - CydeWeys 9y ago
      Google shouldn't do it either, but I think we're diverging into a non sequitur. Whataboutism isn't a valid defense.
      - supernovae 9y ago
        its not whataboutism.. its making a fair comparison. I'm not excusing Microsoft's behavior based on others actions especially since I know this behavior is simple to disable in its latest OS release which is free to upgrade to.
        vetinari 9y ago
        Speaking of fair comparisons - which Google products, that shows these ads, did you pay hundreds dollars for?
        supernovae 9y ago
        if you want to compare, i don't see ads when i use free office online or when i use google office. What i do see is that when i use outlook.com it doesn't pop down telling me to switch to Edge, but when i use Gmail its always telling me to switch to edge. Have you actually used MS products in comparison to google? didn't think so..
        vetinari 9y ago
        So you were never bugged to use Edge, after you launched Chrome or Firefox? (Like this: https://superuser.com/questions/1146123/disable-microsoft-edge-pop-up-notifications-in-taskbar-and-system-tray https://superuser.com/questions/1146123/disable-microsoft-ed...). Or your preferences for the default browser were never reset to Edge after some update ("accidentally")? Windows is the paid one here.
        supernovae 9y ago
        I am only bugged once I install what I want to use as default browser. Not everyday. YouTube, Gmail, Google et all have a dropdown advertisement asking me to switch to chrome no matter which browser I user that isn't chrome.. Lets also not forget that MS apps show up on google store, apple store and are fully cross platform whereas google is selective in what it supports. We're at a day and age where Microsoft has Cortana, One Drive, Office, Bing, Skype, Photos and so much more on iOS, Windows, Android and people are telling me that MS is bad when google is good (and is far from as cross platform as ms is) I just say use whatever, but if people want to nit pick about "Ads" that everyone does without knowing how everyone does it, that's lame. MS has a TON of "Free stuff" that isn't always dropping toasts to switch browsers, switch to chrome so on and so forth.. If people have so much energy to hate on something, that should be directed at sloppy companies like Yahoo that actually are detrimental to security/safety..
valuearb 9y ago
I don't pay money for software to have to remove ads. When I write that check, the software should work for me, not advertisers.
- supernovae 9y ago
  This is an assumption based on ignorance. The "ads" are recommended software. It is annoying that you get a toast notification asking if you want to use office online just as its annoying every few weeks my iPhone asks if I want to buy more icloud. But what is really happening is that anything with an app store is tracking you to build a marketing engine that recommends other apps to you. The fallacy is that Microsoft is the only one doing this, the truth is that everyone is doing this. There are ways around this in OSX and Windows.. you don't have to use the store, you can still download stuff and install away and you can still enable developer mode and side-load anything you custom write if you want to use the new API features. I don't like it when I choose to use edge and every time I go to gmail it asks me to swtich to chrome. I don't like it on my iPhone that every time I use gmail it asks me to switch to chrome even though I selected the checkbox to use safari. I'm tired of this conversation being so one sided and biased as it is doing the world a huge disservice.
  - valuearb 9y ago
    If you try to say what MSFT is doing is the same as Apple and Google then you are being hugely disengenous. Ads for apps are ads, no matter how you spin it. People don't pay for android, they pay for windows. A pay OS/platform shouldn't force you to disable ads. Gmsil/Chrome are free apps. Apple doesn't track you. On installs it asks if it can collect usage info, but you have to agree, and it's one time. They don't show you ads in either OS. They don't track your personal info. They don't give government agencies backdoors like MSFT got caught doing. They go to court to fight illegal searches of your devices.
    - supernovae 9y ago
      You obviously aren't paying any attention to Microsoft lately and it shows. I'm not going to change that so the least you can do is show a little empathy for those who do. Its painfully apparent you really hate Microsoft for your own deply personal reasons. I'm not changing that. But I will stand up and say that what you have said is not true and not the case of Microsoft today. I'm not saying you have to change but we must be clear that you are speaking from perceived history rather than current day times. Google android is "Free" as Windows 10 is free.. you paid for it with hardware... now if you could build your own handset you could install android but it would NOT be the official "google" android because reality is - hardware companies still have to license it in such a way to get the official apps. But again, we're not going to talk about this in apples and apples, you're only framing it in your obsession of fear/doubt/hate against Microsoft. And again, that's ok, I really don't give a hoot. Apple does track you. The Apple Privacy statement is almost exactly the same as GOogle and Microsofts. https://www.apple.com/privacy/manage-your-privacy/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/manage-your-privacy/ - they all enable services and warn you about services that provide value add in some cases but can seem in violation in others. Its up to YOU to understand what you want to share, enable/disable what you want to share and understand how changing that changes the system you're running in. But its up to you to use what YOU want to use and respect others for what they want to use. Spending so much energy spreading FUD does nothing. Chromebooks aren't free, phones aren't free, tablets aren't free, Apple/Google/Microsoft all provide app metrics to all their respective app stores and all go above and beyond to try and make them secure (google actually having to struggle with this compared to the other giants)

Disabling it is tweaking. The default install of Windows 10 comes with ads and all sorts of other bullshit that doesn't benefit the user (in an operating system that you paid hundreds of dollars for, mind you). You have to go out of your way to opt out of it, and most users will not ever realize that such opting out is even possible.

supernovae 9y ago
Even the ads will ask you if you want to disable them.. "click here to disable future notifications" or if you open notification center you can "click here to disable future notifications". I am slightly bemused we're making excuses for people not trying anything.. especially when computers these days are all about "Expressing yourself" and "identity"..
- windwake12 9y ago
  I shouldn't have to use gpedit to disable ads that consistently appears when using certain windows features, and which have no "Don't ask me again". Presumably some freak compatability issue (I've noticed ads always appear when I open files using a certain program).
- supernovae 9y ago
  Google does those "Ads" when you open anything google-y without google.. if we're playing this game, we should play it fairly.
  - CydeWeys 9y ago
    Google shouldn't do it either, but I think we're diverging into a non sequitur. Whataboutism isn't a valid defense.
    - supernovae 9y ago
      its not whataboutism.. its making a fair comparison. I'm not excusing Microsoft's behavior based on others actions especially since I know this behavior is simple to disable in its latest OS release which is free to upgrade to.
      - vetinari 9y ago
        Speaking of fair comparisons - which Google products, that shows these ads, did you pay hundreds dollars for?
        supernovae 9y ago
        if you want to compare, i don't see ads when i use free office online or when i use google office. What i do see is that when i use outlook.com it doesn't pop down telling me to switch to Edge, but when i use Gmail its always telling me to switch to edge. Have you actually used MS products in comparison to google? didn't think so..
        vetinari 9y ago
        So you were never bugged to use Edge, after you launched Chrome or Firefox? (Like this: https://superuser.com/questions/1146123/disable-microsoft-edge-pop-up-notifications-in-taskbar-and-system-tray https://superuser.com/questions/1146123/disable-microsoft-ed...). Or your preferences for the default browser were never reset to Edge after some update ("accidentally")? Windows is the paid one here.
        supernovae 9y ago
        I am only bugged once I install what I want to use as default browser. Not everyday. YouTube, Gmail, Google et all have a dropdown advertisement asking me to switch to chrome no matter which browser I user that isn't chrome.. Lets also not forget that MS apps show up on google store, apple store and are fully cross platform whereas google is selective in what it supports. We're at a day and age where Microsoft has Cortana, One Drive, Office, Bing, Skype, Photos and so much more on iOS, Windows, Android and people are telling me that MS is bad when google is good (and is far from as cross platform as ms is) I just say use whatever, but if people want to nit pick about "Ads" that everyone does without knowing how everyone does it, that's lame. MS has a TON of "Free stuff" that isn't always dropping toasts to switch browsers, switch to chrome so on and so forth.. If people have so much energy to hate on something, that should be directed at sloppy companies like Yahoo that actually are detrimental to security/safety..

valuearb 9y ago

I don't pay money for software to have to remove ads. When I write that check, the software should work for me, not advertisers.

supernovae 9y ago
This is an assumption based on ignorance. The "ads" are recommended software. It is annoying that you get a toast notification asking if you want to use office online just as its annoying every few weeks my iPhone asks if I want to buy more icloud. But what is really happening is that anything with an app store is tracking you to build a marketing engine that recommends other apps to you. The fallacy is that Microsoft is the only one doing this, the truth is that everyone is doing this. There are ways around this in OSX and Windows.. you don't have to use the store, you can still download stuff and install away and you can still enable developer mode and side-load anything you custom write if you want to use the new API features. I don't like it when I choose to use edge and every time I go to gmail it asks me to swtich to chrome. I don't like it on my iPhone that every time I use gmail it asks me to switch to chrome even though I selected the checkbox to use safari. I'm tired of this conversation being so one sided and biased as it is doing the world a huge disservice.
- valuearb 9y ago
  If you try to say what MSFT is doing is the same as Apple and Google then you are being hugely disengenous. Ads for apps are ads, no matter how you spin it. People don't pay for android, they pay for windows. A pay OS/platform shouldn't force you to disable ads. Gmsil/Chrome are free apps. Apple doesn't track you. On installs it asks if it can collect usage info, but you have to agree, and it's one time. They don't show you ads in either OS. They don't track your personal info. They don't give government agencies backdoors like MSFT got caught doing. They go to court to fight illegal searches of your devices.
  - supernovae 9y ago
    You obviously aren't paying any attention to Microsoft lately and it shows. I'm not going to change that so the least you can do is show a little empathy for those who do. Its painfully apparent you really hate Microsoft for your own deply personal reasons. I'm not changing that. But I will stand up and say that what you have said is not true and not the case of Microsoft today. I'm not saying you have to change but we must be clear that you are speaking from perceived history rather than current day times. Google android is "Free" as Windows 10 is free.. you paid for it with hardware... now if you could build your own handset you could install android but it would NOT be the official "google" android because reality is - hardware companies still have to license it in such a way to get the official apps. But again, we're not going to talk about this in apples and apples, you're only framing it in your obsession of fear/doubt/hate against Microsoft. And again, that's ok, I really don't give a hoot. Apple does track you. The Apple Privacy statement is almost exactly the same as GOogle and Microsofts. https://www.apple.com/privacy/manage-your-privacy/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/manage-your-privacy/ - they all enable services and warn you about services that provide value add in some cases but can seem in violation in others. Its up to YOU to understand what you want to share, enable/disable what you want to share and understand how changing that changes the system you're running in. But its up to you to use what YOU want to use and respect others for what they want to use. Spending so much energy spreading FUD does nothing. Chromebooks aren't free, phones aren't free, tablets aren't free, Apple/Google/Microsoft all provide app metrics to all their respective app stores and all go above and beyond to try and make them secure (google actually having to struggle with this compared to the other giants)