Well, how much are you willing to pay for Windows? Consumers already spoke with their wallets: they don't want to buy OSes. They're expected to be free. The o

Well, how much are you willing to pay for Windows? Consumers already spoke with their wallets: they don't want to buy OSes. They're expected to be free. The only reason macOS isn't this aggressive about advertising is because it's locked down to profitable hardware and linked together with a proprietary ecosystem of even-more-profitable hardware. Diving into these, I still think this article is a bit dramatic. 1. Recommended Websites: Do you even look at your start menu? I don't. I hit the Windows key and type in the first few letters of the app I'm trying to open. The Start Menu could be completely blank and I wouldn't care. 2. Search Highlights: You don't even need to have a search bar in your taskbar at all 3. Suggested Actions: Can be turned off entirely 4. Warnings in the wrong places: Easily ignorable text in another piece of UI I never look at. 5. Please use our search filled with ads: Again, remove the search icon from your taskbar. It doesn't have to be there at all. Don't want any of this? Install Linux.