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You know at the time I never realized I was living in a golden era between the time anti-malware and anti-adware became very good and the time the ads were buil
by causi 5y ago
You know at the time I never realized I was living in a golden era between the time anti-malware and anti-adware became very good and the time the ads were built right into the damn operating system and first-party software.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoThe only difference between proprietary software and malware is whether they're exploiting users with or without the corporation's permission. Adware, data exfiltration and remote access are all bad but when they do the exact same thing it's "totally legitimate business interests". Just like when it's "national security" when the governments do worse than what black hats do.
- birdyrooster 5y agoNations must maintain monopolies on certain powers like war and monetary policy to maintain order, so it’s not that hypocritical.
- toxik 5y agoTerrorism is to war as cryptocurrency is to economics?
- joebob42 5y agoIt's a little facetious, but it did put a smile on my face. It has a certain ring of truishness
- birdyrooster 5y agoCrypto is a coup
- dsr_ 5y agoMaybe you should take this as a sign that it's time to switch operating systems? There are many out there. Most of them treat you better than Microsoft does.
- 946789987649 5y agoIf you want to do any sort of pc gaming, then you don't really have a choice unfortunately.
- bduerst 5y agoIf you can get video drivers to work, Linux has been "good enough" for a while now. SteamOS will further push the ecosystem into it (hopefully).
- II2II 5y agoI'll grant you that most people will likely prefer PC gaming on Wimdows, but the claim of any sort of gaming is excessive. There is a large selection of native games from many publishers and in many genres for Linux. You won't have to go without if you're simply looking for a good time. That's before considering emulation, Proton, and the likes. Of course, a desire to play particular titles is going to be hit-or-miss.
- dj_mc_merlin 5y agoI do all of my gaming on a Linux laptop via Proton. Even got it to switch between my iGPU and dGPU. We're _lightyears_ ahead of where we used to be.
- bee_rider 5y agoNot really, nowadays. Windows has better GPU drivers, and it allows for more intrusive DRM/anticheat. So, if you are playing brand new AAA games with really fancy graphics, Windows might be helpful. Or if you are really into competitive online gaming. Those are niches, though, not "any sort of pc gaming."
- bee_rider 5y agoLinux has gotten really nice lately.
- kibwen 5y agoThis doesn't deserve to be downvoted. I just switched back to Linux this week after giving Windows more than a fair shake for the past decade (initially because I couldn't be bothered to muck around with UEFI to dual-boot into my gaming partition every time). But I'm so tired of the ads and the scummy app defaults that I got a dedicated Linux machine and the Windows one is now relegated to playing whatever games don't run on Proton or Switch.
- Tijdreiziger 5y agoI used MSN Hotmail (the precursor to Outlook.com) back in the day. It had banner ads back then. (In fairness, it was then and is now otherwise free of charge, isn’t it?)
- tim333 5y agoIt seems a bit of a Microsoft thing. I haven't seen it on Mac/Linux. In general I don't really see ads on my electronic gadgets though London public transport is a bit plastered with the things.
- jiveturkey 5y agoios has had built in ads for a very long time. news+, music being the two biggest pushes. even in the settings app. buy airpods? start getting more ads for music