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As someone who has been primarily Mac for most of my life, I started using a Windows machine fairly recently for work. I'm tied down to the Windows eco-system
by SunshineTheCat 10mo ago
As someone who has been primarily Mac for most of my life, I started using a Windows machine fairly recently for work.
I'm tied down to the Windows eco-system (Teams, Outlook, etc).
I still haven't gotten use to the idea of every link in Microsoft apps opening in Edge regardless of your settings.
This might seem like a small thing, but the entire UX seems to be designed around benefiting Microsoft, not the user.
- areoform 10mo agoIt is incredibly user hostile. And it's not even free. This is an ecosystem you pay for. They're treating folks shelling out $200 for an OS as if they were cattle on the adtech train.
- bigyabai 10mo agoHere's hoping that Apple can correct-course from this path. Last time I daily-drove macOS (Sequoia) it was pushing adverts in my face with every native app I launched.
- areoform 10mo agoI spend 8 hours a day on Sequoia and I haven't seen any adverts in any native app?
- bigyabai 10mo agohttps://discussions.apple.com/thread/251488227 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251488227 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250786208 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250786208 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254431520 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254431520 Having talked to Apple Support, there is no way to disable the pop-up permanently due to Apple's Promotional Policy.
- threetonesun 10mo agoThere are certainly ads for Apple services if you don't already use them (or in the case of Apple Music, sometimes even if you do use it because the app is pretty bad), and there are sponsored ads in the App Store now. I wouldn't say it's in any way equivalent to Windows 11, but it does feel like Apple is following a similar path as Microsoft, just with a little more Apple design on top.
- fooster 10mo agoHuh? I use macOS all day every day and I’ve never seen an ad.
- p_ing 10mo agoiOS and macOS will nag you regarding iCloud if you don't sign up/in. Apple advertised... something, I forget what it was, via an Apple Wallet notification this past year (?). Might have been for the F1 movie when it was in theaters.
- robrain 10mo agoWith respect - bull.
- usefulcat 10mo agoWhat specific apps are showing ads?
- LTL_FTC 10mo agoWell, if you buy a new device and don’t enroll in AppleCare, you have a little red notification in the settings. I have two notifications currently that I cannot get rid of until the 60 window expires. I would consider this an ad.
- pdntspa 10mo agoWho is actually shelling out $200 for Windows specifically? It's perceptually free if you bought it with your PC. And it's actually free if you took advantage of the free upgrade offer. I've picked up a few licenses off MacHeist for like $10
- olyjohn 10mo agoThe cost is rolled into your PC when you buy it. Its not free. Your $10 licenses are not legal. Sorry. Those are sketchy grey market keys. Though Microsoft likely won't go after you for it, so I'm not sure it matters. You should have just saved the $10 and downloaded a cracked copy.
- DANmode 10mo agoYou’d rather have an unofficial ISO? Why?
- butlike 10mo agoIf they're authenticated when I install the OS, what makes them illegal?
- u8080 10mo agoCracked copy = trusting some shady 3rd party
- Dylan16807 10mo agoI'm not going to switch to piracy to avoid some gray market sketchiness, as long as the keys don't seem to be stolen.
- pdntspa 10mo agoNever had issues activating the Windows keys nor the Office keys I've bought from them. And I always get the installers straight from Microsoft.
- handsclean 10mo ago> perceptually free Bizarre phrase. If you think mandatory bundling is free stuff then your perception is not very good.
- coldtea 10mo ago>I'm tied down to the Windows eco-system (Teams, Outlook, etc) All of them are available for the Mac.
- mekoka 10mo agoThe explanation is one sentence prior. > I started using a Windows machine fairly recently for work.
- samiv 10mo agoIt's by design completely self serving. It's no longer a product for the users the users are the product. Unfortunately I think it can and it will get a LOT worse before the push back will make any difference. After all most users are not tech savvy and will be stuck with whatever is installed when they buy the machine and for the corporate there aren't any real alternatives.
- wilsonnb3 10mo agoThis is the fault of whoever is administrating your Windows machines, Teams and Outlook are perfectly capable of opening links in your configured default browser.
- idontsee 10mo ago> every link in Microsoft apps opening in Edge regardless of your settings. fwiw, there is a setting in Teams itself to have it use your default browser instead, on top of having to change it on a system level. This does not work when using the PWA though
- SunshineTheCat 10mo agoLol I have looked through the settings 57 times and only just now found that because of your note. Much appreciated.