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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 d

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..
        vetinari 9y ago
        After each login into Microsoft partner page, it welcomes me with a page telling me, that I will get the best experience with Internet Explorer. It doesn't even bother to check, whether Internet Explorer exists for the platform advertised in the User agent string. With the Microsoft services, the crucial difference is, that "Cortana, One Drive, Bing, Skype, Photos" is stuff that Microsoft is pushing on people, not stuff that people asking for from Microsoft. It is me too solution, it is Microsoft's version of Google+, except that Microsoft didn't learn their lesson yet. Out of this, Office is an exception. iOS and Android users would not give up their platform, but they were willing to use another lite office suite. On a platform, where there is not a such threat, such as desktop Linux, there is no Office port. Even the macOS port hasn't got feature parity with the Windows version. Google is treating Windows Phone exactly the same way Microsoft is treating other platforms with Office. If you consider this hate, maybe you should also consider whether it is deserved. There's no reaction without action.

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..
        vetinari 9y ago
        After each login into Microsoft partner page, it welcomes me with a page telling me, that I will get the best experience with Internet Explorer. It doesn't even bother to check, whether Internet Explorer exists for the platform advertised in the User agent string. With the Microsoft services, the crucial difference is, that "Cortana, One Drive, Bing, Skype, Photos" is stuff that Microsoft is pushing on people, not stuff that people asking for from Microsoft. It is me too solution, it is Microsoft's version of Google+, except that Microsoft didn't learn their lesson yet. Out of this, Office is an exception. iOS and Android users would not give up their platform, but they were willing to use another lite office suite. On a platform, where there is not a such threat, such as desktop Linux, there is no Office port. Even the macOS port hasn't got feature parity with the Windows version. Google is treating Windows Phone exactly the same way Microsoft is treating other platforms with Office. If you consider this hate, maybe you should also consider whether it is deserved. There's no reaction without action.