Advertisements are dangerous, not annoying. Inevitably they open network connections to untrustworthy content. One of the best unintended side effects to happ

Advertisements are dangerous, not annoying. Inevitably they open network connections to untrustworthy content. One of the best unintended side effects to happen in recent months was that the NSO group weaponised ads, via the ad-serving infrastructure at least in mobile devices, as a means to deliver malware. They couldn't have stuck a knife into the heart if a nicer industry. Now the mere presence of "advertisements" is a legitimate cybersecurity concern. Adblockers, and configuring browsers to stop ads is at the same level as firewalls and updates. Advertisements baked into the Windows operating system is no mere question of "annoyance", it's a sound, rational reason to dump Microsoft in favour of something more secure.