Comment on Xbox users call out Activision and Microsoft for "vomit inducing" full-screen Modern Warfare 3 ad

• RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Click the Win11 search bar…

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  • sp6@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    PC ≠ Windows

    -Your local linux evangelist

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    • Caradoc879@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How do you know someone is a Linux user?

      They’ll fucking tell you.

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      • brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You know, that saying doesn’t work nearly as well when the conversation is actually about people’s experience with operating systems.

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      • cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, that’s just Arch Linux users.

        I use Arch, btw.

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      • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        “pc has ads too!”

        “No thats just windows, other operating systems dont do that. Linux has no ads, for example.”

        “AAAAAAHHHHHH LINUX USER LINUX USER!!! AAAAAHHHHH YOU SAID IT THE DEVIL WORD LINUX AAAAAAAAHHHHH MOMMY MOMMY HOLD ME AAAAAAAHHHH THEY TOLD ME THEY USE LINUX AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH OH GOD OH FUCK OH GOD”

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      • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Cry harder

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      • Paradachshund@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Truly the vegans of tech

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  • radix@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s bad, but at the very least, Windows can be customized to hide all that crap. Some options are up front, some require a lot more digging, but it can be de-advertised. Xbox is way more locked down.

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    • beefcat@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The first thing I do on any new Windows install is turn web results off in search. This resolves the exact problem people are constantly complaining about.

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  • konalt@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve never seen an ad on Windows 10 or 11. Been using 11 for over a year at this point. The start menu just has my pinned apps and recent files.

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    • Knusper@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There may be regional differences, depending on how much local laws allow Microsoft to profit off of you…

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• Chainweasel@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I take it you haven’t used Windows 11 yet, The start menu is basically all advertisements.

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  • Zimroxo@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can turn them all off though

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I shouldn’t have to. And if I do it should all be toggles in one place. Not scattered and hidden throughout control panel, settings, and the terminal.

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      • beefcat@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You shouldn’t have to, but it’s also something that you only have to do once and takes less than 30 seconds.

        It’s a minor annoyance but people act like microsoft crashed an suv into their living room and killed their cat.

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  • QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have, but there aren’t any unskippable ads at startup.

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