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Windows has the least annoying ads because they can be trivially turned off. Try using Twitter, Reddit, or Netflix without seeing ads. You'd have to use a third
by add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
Windows has the least annoying ads because they can be trivially turned off. Try using Twitter, Reddit, or Netflix without seeing ads. You'd have to use a third party client or tool which is now explicitly being blocked by the service. And that doesn't account for advertising that's baked into the content in the way it's ordered or put on the home screen.
It seems like mandatory ads in an operating system are a kind of third rail. Hopefully it stays that way.
- olliej 2y agoAlternatively, try any other OS, including older windows, where there are just no ads to turn off in the first place. Windows has the worst ads, comparing it to something totally unrelated like webpages is nonsensical.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoIt's harder to figure out what text file I have to edit in ubuntu server to get the spam out of the motd than it ever is in Windows.
- everdrive 2y agoThis is ultimately what led me to leave Ubuntu behind. What do you do when you install a fresh copy of Windows? Spend some time disabling / uninstalling all the garbage. I was trying to set up a new copy of Ubuntu, trying to remove snaps, disable the Ubuntu Pro nag screens, and more. It occurred to me I was needing to decrapify Ubuntu just like I previously had to do with Windows. Well, it had a good run, but it's done. Once you need to do that to an OS, it's time to move on.
- olliej 2y agooh, ubuntu added ads to the motd at some point? I was about to profess surprise, but then I remembered that Firefox injected spyware and ads as well so I guess it's a given these days :-/