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This is the most petty complaint about Windows that I've heard because every consumer-oriented OS has these type of "advertisements". Heck, on iOS not only am

This is the most petty complaint about Windows that I've heard because every consumer-oriented OS has these type of "advertisements". Heck, on iOS not only am I forced to look at apps that I don't want, I am also forced to use them! On the Macintosh OS, whenever I want to see what updates are available, I have to first look at the featured apps in their store. Even Ubuntu installs a shit-load of crappy programs that I don't want. At least in Windows, you can disable them and pretty much never see them again. I've been on Windows 10 for years now and I think that I saw a Candy Crush launcher tile appear once and then it was gone forever.

dep_b 9y ago
A part is removable, the rest you can hide. The ones you cannot remove are usually the ones the iOS SDK's are built on top of like Map Views or Web Views.
- hungerstrike 9y ago
  Try clicking a hyperlink from Messages. You’re forced to use Safari. Try clicking an address in your contacts. You’re forced to use Apple Maps. Try replacing either one of them. You cannot.
  - valuearb 9y ago
    No, your not. Try copying the link and opening it in your preferred maps app and browsers. And what does that have to do with ads?
  - greggh 9y ago
    Wrong? I have it opening in Opera just fine?
roblabla 9y ago
https://imgur.com/a/TthvX https://imgur.com/a/TthvX Every OS has this ? I mean, this is literally windows putting ads on the equivalent of the IOS launcher. No OS does that ! I don't really care about the built-in crapware (well, I do, but let's save this for another debate). That the OS actively fights for the user's attention is ridiculous. I don't really mind "ads" for their built-in products. The Edge popup[0] was almost cute, the OneDrive explorer ad[1] was understandable. But this[2] or this[3] ? That's just corporate greed at its finest. Sorry. [0] https://i.stack.imgur.com/l6JLb.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/l6JLb.jpg [1] https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/File-Explorer-640x353.jpg https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/File-... [2] https://www.digitalcitizen.life/sites/default/files/gdrive/win10_ads_turn_off/windows_ads_1.png https://www.digitalcitizen.life/sites/default/files/gdrive/w... [3] http://securitydaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/windows10-ads-lara-croft-game.png http://securitydaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/windows1...
- hungerstrike 9y ago
  Again...at least you can turn off suggestions and you'll never see them again. Apple gives you no choice to even replace certain apps that they desperately want to force onto users!
  - vacri 9y ago
    I did turn off suggestions when I got my win10 PC last year. Went through a couple of articles online, hit a variety of settings... and I still get ads on that box. It's only my gaming machine, so I just gave up on blocking them.

dep_b 9y ago

A part is removable, the rest you can hide. The ones you cannot remove are usually the ones the iOS SDK's are built on top of like Map Views or Web Views.

hungerstrike 9y ago
Try clicking a hyperlink from Messages. You’re forced to use Safari. Try clicking an address in your contacts. You’re forced to use Apple Maps. Try replacing either one of them. You cannot.
- valuearb 9y ago
  No, your not. Try copying the link and opening it in your preferred maps app and browsers. And what does that have to do with ads?
- greggh 9y ago
  Wrong? I have it opening in Opera just fine?

roblabla 9y ago

https://imgur.com/a/TthvX https://imgur.com/a/TthvX Every OS has this ? I mean, this is literally windows putting ads on the equivalent of the IOS launcher. No OS does that ! I don't really care about the built-in crapware (well, I do, but let's save this for another debate). That the OS actively fights for the user's attention is ridiculous. I don't really mind "ads" for their built-in products. The Edge popup[0] was almost cute, the OneDrive explorer ad[1] was understandable. But this[2] or this[3] ? That's just corporate greed at its finest. Sorry. [0] https://i.stack.imgur.com/l6JLb.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/l6JLb.jpg [1] https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/File-Explorer-640x353.jpg https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/File-... [2] https://www.digitalcitizen.life/sites/default/files/gdrive/win10_ads_turn_off/windows_ads_1.png https://www.digitalcitizen.life/sites/default/files/gdrive/w... [3] http://securitydaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/windows10-ads-lara-croft-game.png http://securitydaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/windows1...

hungerstrike 9y ago
Again...at least you can turn off suggestions and you'll never see them again. Apple gives you no choice to even replace certain apps that they desperately want to force onto users!
- vacri 9y ago
  I did turn off suggestions when I got my win10 PC last year. Went through a couple of articles online, hit a variety of settings... and I still get ads on that box. It's only my gaming machine, so I just gave up on blocking them.