Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its push for advertisments, frankly - remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade users to install Edge or other Microsoft services? Then another advertisment was placed in the Start menu, and now Microsoft has finally worn my temper thin - with a new Game Pass ad coming to the Settings app.

This will likely arrive in the July update for Windows 11, or at least it’s almost certain to do so. It was present in the latest preview update Microsoft just released for the OS (and quickly paused due to a bug, but that’s another story). It’s also worth noting that the ad has been present in earlier test versions of Windows 11.

  • Grippler@feddit.dkEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    I wholeheartedly believe that all forma of unsolicited or public advertising should be completely banned. Nothing good comes from it, it is only a nuisance to everyone.

    • sunzu@kbin.run
      4·
      2 years ago

      But have you thought about a legal person’s right to fuck your eyes and brains?!

      Also, what about their freedom of speech… Shit lord

    • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      They should, but that’s never going to happen unless political lobbying is made very illegal (like life ruining and business bankrupting illegal, not slap on the wrist, cost of business illegal)

      • PlexSheep@infosec.pubEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        Because they own that wall. The owner of a wall (or poster space for that matter) can do whatever.

          • PlexSheep@infosec.pubEnglish
            0·
            2 years ago

            Oh I own my computer, and I don’t get ads as a result. It’s not impossible. A Linux DE does not have ads and your browser can block them with various methods.

            • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Yup. If you use Windows, you need to accept what Microsoft does, because they control the OS. If you use Linux, you only need to accept what the software you install does, and there are a lot of options to select from.

              Feel free to complain when Microsoft does something stupid, but don’t expect Microsoft to do anything about it. If you want control, use something that preserves that control.

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      And it’s not like w11 is free, the price of a PC with Windows installed comes with its’ license’s costs. It’s not told to the consumer so they won’t even know they are using a product they paid for, for them it’s what a clean basic PC looks like. And that’s what prevents many to care about it the same way they can be frustrated by a paid streaming plan with ads. To take is as a given, and shifting the Overtone’s window of fucked up services even further.