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Don’t forget the ads. Ads, even in the powershell. Telemetry of everything. Automatic installs of OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, etc. Fuck Windows. It sucks.

bufferoverflow 7y ago
What ads??? I've been on Windows for decades, never saw a single ad by the OS.
- IshKebab 7y ago
  I think it depends on your region. But I'm pretty sure every region gets a link to Candy Crush, Minecraft and other such nonsense in the start menu by default. Enterprise versions are probably safe still.
- fortran77 7y ago
  I agree! I don't see ads. I'm running the "pro" version with almost all default settings. Do they consider pre-installed "Candy Crush" an ad? And if so, why isn't MacOS "iTunes" an ad?
  - Joeri 7y ago
    They probably mean onedrive and office 365 ads. If you don’t use those windows can get pretty persistent about getting them.
  - samdixon 7y ago
    Candy crush is an ad because the company pays Microsoft for it to be a default windows install. iTunes is Apple software.
- msrmthehomeless 7y ago
  I think he's referring to app store recommendations and ms push for edge
- romanovcode 7y ago
  How about fucking ads on built-in mail client - Windows Mail. "Purchase mail plus blabla". Pathetic from multi-billion company.
gherkinnn 7y ago
As someone else pointed out, Enterprise versions don‘t get ads. As for teams, enterprises love teams since it comes with the Office license anyway.
- spectramax 7y ago
  Not everyone has access to Enterprise version so this is a non-starter argument. Even better is the LTSC versions of Windows 10 but let's assume we are not pirating windows, and going to purchase a copy of windows, the users are left with a horrendous breach of privacy and a complete disregard to the user experience. Also, I loving Microsoft Teams is a different argument than having it pushed to your PC without asking.
  - gherkinnn 7y ago
    In no way did I mean to defend those actions. You are absolutely right. I merely tried to explain my ignorance towards them.
    - spectramax 7y ago
      I know what you mean, LTSC is such a obscure thing from your average Joe who buys a Dell PC.
vips7L 7y ago
I've never seen an ad in pwsh or on my desktop. I do agree the automatic installs are terrible.

bufferoverflow 7y ago

What ads??? I've been on Windows for decades, never saw a single ad by the OS.

IshKebab 7y ago
I think it depends on your region. But I'm pretty sure every region gets a link to Candy Crush, Minecraft and other such nonsense in the start menu by default. Enterprise versions are probably safe still.
fortran77 7y ago
I agree! I don't see ads. I'm running the "pro" version with almost all default settings. Do they consider pre-installed "Candy Crush" an ad? And if so, why isn't MacOS "iTunes" an ad?
- Joeri 7y ago
  They probably mean onedrive and office 365 ads. If you don’t use those windows can get pretty persistent about getting them.
- samdixon 7y ago
  Candy crush is an ad because the company pays Microsoft for it to be a default windows install. iTunes is Apple software.
msrmthehomeless 7y ago
I think he's referring to app store recommendations and ms push for edge
romanovcode 7y ago
How about fucking ads on built-in mail client - Windows Mail. "Purchase mail plus blabla". Pathetic from multi-billion company.

gherkinnn 7y ago

As someone else pointed out, Enterprise versions don‘t get ads. As for teams, enterprises love teams since it comes with the Office license anyway.

spectramax 7y ago
Not everyone has access to Enterprise version so this is a non-starter argument. Even better is the LTSC versions of Windows 10 but let's assume we are not pirating windows, and going to purchase a copy of windows, the users are left with a horrendous breach of privacy and a complete disregard to the user experience. Also, I loving Microsoft Teams is a different argument than having it pushed to your PC without asking.
- gherkinnn 7y ago
  In no way did I mean to defend those actions. You are absolutely right. I merely tried to explain my ignorance towards them.
  - spectramax 7y ago
    I know what you mean, LTSC is such a obscure thing from your average Joe who buys a Dell PC.

vips7L 7y ago

I've never seen an ad in pwsh or on my desktop. I do agree the automatic installs are terrible.