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> Re advertisements in the start menu: They shouldn't be there in the first place, but you CAN disable them. https://www.groovypost.com/howto/turn-off-windows-1
by mikhailt 8y ago
> Re advertisements in the start menu: They shouldn't be there in the first place, but you CAN disable them. https://www.groovypost.com/howto/turn-off-windows-10-start-m.. https://www.groovypost.com/howto/turn-off-windows-10-start-m....
And every major Windows update have undo my setting to bring it back. I've reported it to MS, MS attempted to fix it (listed in some Windows 10 update) and they're still failing to fix it.
How about not doing it in the first place, period?
These things should be opt-in, not opt-out.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoThe problem is that Microsoft no longer views Windows users as customers, but as cattle to feed ads to and harvest data from.
- majewsky 8y ago> The problem is that most of the IT industry no longer views users as customers, but as cattle to feed ads to and harvest data from. FTFY
- dragonwriter 8y agoIn both cases the views are largely correct; end users aren't the main or motivating purchasers for lots of the industry, their employers are, so the users literally are not the customers, and often have interests poorly aligned with the actual customers.
- greenhatman 8y agoWhy I love Linux more every day.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoLinux's incentives are also not oriented towards the user, unfortunately, they just don't have the profit motive to treat users like cattle.
- misterprime 8y agoWow, how annoying. I've turned them off and they've stayed off over several updates. Glad I'm not experiencing that issue. Sorry for you.