I remember when moving to Linux in 2010 (then Mac) being surprised that: - There were practically no ads, and especially no ads with easy traps such as “You ha

I remember when moving to Linux in 2010 (then Mac) being surprised that: - There were practically no ads, and especially no ads with easy traps such as “You have a virus, install this to remove it”. - There were no OEM drivers, and thus no Askbar, the 404 pages were really 404s, and the Search on Google bar really went to Google.com. That was new for me, coming from Windows. - If there were ads, on Mac, they were for higher-class products, not fast food. People joke about the 20% to 100% higher cost of Apple products, but being away from the grandma/noobs ecosystem has no price. Corollary: Grandmas and noobs endure an obnoxious OS experience, because advertisers know that a lot of them will click on traps like “Error 404. Enter your credit card to view content” (or, today, “Want in on the Bitcoin experience?”).