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Same complaint about the uncloseable, unminimizable Win 11 advert that I woke up to on my Win10 box this morning. Who thinks this is a good way to push upgrade

• autoexec 4y ago
  My guess is that they're working to condition you to accept ads and accept the idea that MS can do whatever they want on your(?) computer because eventually they want everything in the cloud so they have more more control over what you can/can't do, they can more easily access/mine all your data, and they can charge you a monthly fee to access windows (and by extension your files). There's a ton of money to made from it even before they start to paywall off common OS features you've always had access to (like Solitaire)
• throwaway5959 4y ago
  If their focus is on the cloud, getting people to not use Windows may be a feature not a bug. How much revenue relative to Azure does Windows deliver?
  • partiallypro 4y ago
    Microsoft isn't going to intentionally kill their OS. Windows is still a billion dollar+ business. It's just sheer incompetence.