The difference is Windows users can install Linux or disable advertising
Comment on apple users in a nutshell
dipshit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What if I told you that they cost the same amount, but windows users are subsidized via in-OS advertising.
I mean, decades ago, I would agree with this meme but these days… windows needs to be put down.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 7 months ago
dipshit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Mac users can also install windows or linux.
You really cannot disable windows advertising. each windows update brings more ads, more tracking and less options for controlling them. There are tools to disable ads, like windows AME but those disable windows updates, which you’re going to want to have for security updates.
If you know of a better way to disable advertising I am all ears. I run windows, mac and linux daily and really wish I didn’t have to use windows, or could at least use it closer to how I use linux. I’ve heard that even group policies are not respected. I can’t imagine how much time and money has been lost using windows in a corporate environment just due to ads as distractions.
LucidLethargy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve never seen a single ad in windows. I keep hearing they are coming… But so far it’s just a few predatory practices failing to convince me to use their stupid browser.
Numerol@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Same,this starts to look like paranoia imo.
LucidLethargy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think it’s just Linux people trying to poison the well. I’m not even mad, haha.
But like, I’m not joining the lie, either.
dipshit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If you’ve managed to disable all ads on windows please share your setup and how you’ve managed that.
Rez@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
What about the ads in the start menu? For candy crush or tiktok
LucidLethargy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve never seen these before… can you share a screenshot? That sounds fucking awful!
dipshit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What’s your secret? One quick way to see ads is to click on the weather in the bottom right corner. I have done all of these things but, like the commenters in that link have mentioned, none of them work.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You can just right click on the task bar and turn that feature off… I’ve done it in close to 1000 Windows machines at this point.
dipshit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Windows updates bring it back. I’ve done it again for now. But as you have comfirmed, there are ads in windows 10.
xts@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Have you ever opened the start menu? There are ads there.
BigT54@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I just did and I have no idea what you’re talking about. All I see are my pinned apps and recently used files.
xts@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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I’m sure you have the options disabled that show this kind of stuff but it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Anyone who is not tech savvy (99% of the population) will have no clue how to turn this stuff off or that it’s even an option.
LucidLethargy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That sounds horrible… I’ve never seen these, though. I don’t use anything special so far as I know. I’m on Windows 10 on one computer I run all day, and Windows 11 for the one I use all evening.
Assuming you’re not making this up, could Microsoft be rolling these out only to specific individuals for a trial run, or something? I don’t even have Windows Pro…
Or… actually… I built my computer from the ground up. Did you buy yours from HP, Dell, or another manufacturer? Could THEY be putting ads into their updates somehow?
Dimpships@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Which they’ve only been doing for… checks watch…30 years.