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Your analogy is good but I disagree with your principle. Companies need to make money (if you don't accept this premise, fair rough but we probably have no fur
by NikolaNovak 4y ago
Your analogy is good but I disagree with your principle.
Companies need to make money (if you don't accept this premise, fair rough but we probably have no further meaningful discussion).
I'm OK if they offer me options. Here's a free / cheap option that's ad supported, here's a premium option that has no ads.
This is a good choice! It's a good choice for all! It's when we don't have that choice that things suck! And if we want free things with no ads, that option exists too! :-)
- throwbackhere 4y agoMicrosoft is using dark patterns and is gaslighting its customers about it. The honest thing to do here is for Microsoft to leave the option visible but show a big ugly error window when lesser users try to change the setting. That way, people won't waste their time trying to fix something they're not allowed to fix. Source: This happened to me, a now Linux user.
- skrebbel 4y agoLook, I don’t even know for sure if this is a Home vs Pro thing. I’m just deducting that from the comments here. I’m not arguing against the virtues of an ad-supported software product, I’m arguing against the obscenely braindead way Microsoft is executing it. If there were a free ad-supported Windows and a paid ad-free (and news-free!) Windows I’d be a happy paying customer.