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Pixels and Chromebooks have never had any ads. Windows 11 is plastered with them.

by tomComb 10mo ago

Ajakks 10mo ago
That's hilarious. I never see ads on my Windows 11 PC.
- SapporoChris 10mo ago
  Are you unaware that others do have issues with advertising in Windows 11? https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-on-windows-11 https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-... https://windowsforum.com/threads/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-in-windows-11.346772/ https://windowsforum.com/threads/how-to-disable-annoying-ads... https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-11-wont-show-any-ads-if-you-disable-these-settings/ https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-11-wont-show-any-ads-if-yo...
  - mertd 10mo ago
    The start menu cluster, incessant pushing of Edge and OneDrive are the reasons I installed Linux after about a decade of not using desktop Linux outside of work. I am genuinely shocked and impressed how clean and snappy the experience is (Arch + KDE Plasma). Thanks to Valve, Windows games run just fine, too. Not going back...
    - dangus 10mo ago
      I’m on Linux too, but I still have a Windows 11 box…the reasons I still have it are just about gone but I’ve been too lazy to change it. I never see nags about Edge. Basically you can avoid those by never opening Edge. OneDrive can be fully uninstalled (this wasn’t always the case). It legit doesn’t even show up when I search for it anymore. The start menu cluster, I mean, it’s not the best interface on the planet, but the annoying recommendations can be easily removed…or you can just replace it entirely. I know this is a user choice and therefore way less egregious than being forced to endure it on the Microsoft side, but perhaps it’s even worth pointing out that running Steam on Linux as a respite from commercialization and ads of Windows is…not really accomplishing that goal. And you don’t really avoid the browser wars by switching to Linux either, as many of the top distributions have Firefox+Google Search as their default configuration.
- danpalmer 10mo ago
  How!? Mine is full of ads, and that's after buying a "Pro" copy of Windows, registry hacks, declining every ToS I can find, rejecting all the "free" trials, etc. Do you have an enterprise install managed on a Windows domain where your admin has disabled all this stuff by any chance?
  - Rohansi 10mo ago
    Where? I don't see any other than the nagging to update settings after larger updates (couple times a year).
    - danpalmer 10mo ago
      The installer has 3 free trials in it (photos sync, xbox, office 365), and then re-runs that part of the installer periodically. The start menu shows sponsored articles in it IIRC, although this was something I turned off as soon as I could. It also pushes apps like Candy Crush. The lock screen has ads literally "dotted" around, again pushing cloud services etc. I keep being prompted to turn on Copilot, and essentially the only options are "Yes" or "Not yet". Opt-outs aren't respected. I don't use Edge but the OS keeps advertising Edge, keeps telling me in various places and at various times that Edge is better and that Chrome is dangerous. These are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head, but it's truly pervasive throughout the whole product. Even just looking through Settings it's not hard to find upsells.
      - MobiusHorizons 10mo ago
        I made my usb install media with Rufus and I it had some option to remove a bunch of frustrating behavior (this option was on by default). For instance it allowed me to create a local account. That seems to have completely removed advertising you mentioned. I had a lot of it in windows 10. Maybe the person you are replying to used Rufus (which is recommended if you want to make the install media from Linux or Mac) and didn’t realize it made changes.
        fmajid 10mo ago
pjmlp 10mo ago
They already gateway everything through Google servers, especially Chromebooks.
Yizahi 10mo ago
Pixels literally have unremovable Google ad right on the home screen. The search bar. Just because it has additional functionality, doesn't mean it's not an ad.
- SpaghettiCthulu 10mo ago
  You can trivially install another launcher without that search bar and disable nearly all bundled apps on Pixels. Show me how easy it is to remove all the ads and bloatware from Windows.
  - Yizahi 10mo ago
    Note how you said "disable" :) . That's because it is impossible to remove bloatware from Android, praise be Google. I also have Chrome disabled on my phone for many years, but it is there still. And regarding Windows, first I want to tell that I'm not a fan of recent MS trends too. Second - I personally never had a single ad on my Win10 and current Win11, so I wouldn't know how to remove those :) . And third - to remove bloatware just uninstall it from the Programs and Features, like OneDrive or Office. LLM can be disabled in Settings. Some bloatware will remain due to deep integration, but that's the same issue as with Google or Apple. For instance I may not want to see Stocks app on iOS, but that's not my choice to make apparently :) .
    - SpaghettiCthulu 10mo ago
      What benefit would there be to uninstalling those bundled apps entirely vs disabling them? It's a nice goal to aspire to, sure, but does it really matter?

Pixels and Chromebooks have never had any ads. Windows 11 is plastered with them.

by tomComb 10mo ago

Pixels and Chromebooks have never had any ads. Windows 11 is plastered with them.

Ajakks 10mo ago

That's hilarious. I never see ads on my Windows 11 PC.

SapporoChris 10mo ago
Are you unaware that others do have issues with advertising in Windows 11? https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-on-windows-11 https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-... https://windowsforum.com/threads/how-to-disable-annoying-ads-in-windows-11.346772/ https://windowsforum.com/threads/how-to-disable-annoying-ads... https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-11-wont-show-any-ads-if-you-disable-these-settings/ https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-11-wont-show-any-ads-if-yo...
- mertd 10mo ago
  The start menu cluster, incessant pushing of Edge and OneDrive are the reasons I installed Linux after about a decade of not using desktop Linux outside of work. I am genuinely shocked and impressed how clean and snappy the experience is (Arch + KDE Plasma). Thanks to Valve, Windows games run just fine, too. Not going back...
  - dangus 10mo ago
    I’m on Linux too, but I still have a Windows 11 box…the reasons I still have it are just about gone but I’ve been too lazy to change it. I never see nags about Edge. Basically you can avoid those by never opening Edge. OneDrive can be fully uninstalled (this wasn’t always the case). It legit doesn’t even show up when I search for it anymore. The start menu cluster, I mean, it’s not the best interface on the planet, but the annoying recommendations can be easily removed…or you can just replace it entirely. I know this is a user choice and therefore way less egregious than being forced to endure it on the Microsoft side, but perhaps it’s even worth pointing out that running Steam on Linux as a respite from commercialization and ads of Windows is…not really accomplishing that goal. And you don’t really avoid the browser wars by switching to Linux either, as many of the top distributions have Firefox+Google Search as their default configuration.
danpalmer 10mo ago
How!? Mine is full of ads, and that's after buying a "Pro" copy of Windows, registry hacks, declining every ToS I can find, rejecting all the "free" trials, etc. Do you have an enterprise install managed on a Windows domain where your admin has disabled all this stuff by any chance?
- Rohansi 10mo ago
  Where? I don't see any other than the nagging to update settings after larger updates (couple times a year).
  - danpalmer 10mo ago
    The installer has 3 free trials in it (photos sync, xbox, office 365), and then re-runs that part of the installer periodically. The start menu shows sponsored articles in it IIRC, although this was something I turned off as soon as I could. It also pushes apps like Candy Crush. The lock screen has ads literally "dotted" around, again pushing cloud services etc. I keep being prompted to turn on Copilot, and essentially the only options are "Yes" or "Not yet". Opt-outs aren't respected. I don't use Edge but the OS keeps advertising Edge, keeps telling me in various places and at various times that Edge is better and that Chrome is dangerous. These are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head, but it's truly pervasive throughout the whole product. Even just looking through Settings it's not hard to find upsells.
    - MobiusHorizons 10mo ago
      I made my usb install media with Rufus and I it had some option to remove a bunch of frustrating behavior (this option was on by default). For instance it allowed me to create a local account. That seems to have completely removed advertising you mentioned. I had a lot of it in windows 10. Maybe the person you are replying to used Rufus (which is recommended if you want to make the install media from Linux or Mac) and didn’t realize it made changes.
      - fmajid 10mo ago

pjmlp 10mo ago

They already gateway everything through Google servers, especially Chromebooks.

Yizahi 10mo ago

Pixels literally have unremovable Google ad right on the home screen. The search bar. Just because it has additional functionality, doesn't mean it's not an ad.

SpaghettiCthulu 10mo ago
You can trivially install another launcher without that search bar and disable nearly all bundled apps on Pixels. Show me how easy it is to remove all the ads and bloatware from Windows.
- Yizahi 10mo ago
  Note how you said "disable" :) . That's because it is impossible to remove bloatware from Android, praise be Google. I also have Chrome disabled on my phone for many years, but it is there still. And regarding Windows, first I want to tell that I'm not a fan of recent MS trends too. Second - I personally never had a single ad on my Win10 and current Win11, so I wouldn't know how to remove those :) . And third - to remove bloatware just uninstall it from the Programs and Features, like OneDrive or Office. LLM can be disabled in Settings. Some bloatware will remain due to deep integration, but that's the same issue as with Google or Apple. For instance I may not want to see Stocks app on iOS, but that's not my choice to make apparently :) .
  - SpaghettiCthulu 10mo ago
    What benefit would there be to uninstalling those bundled apps entirely vs disabling them? It's a nice goal to aspire to, sure, but does it really matter?