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Can you recreate it?
that's a pretty silly thing to say, considering multiple technology websites have been posting similar screenshots and reporting on this for well over a year, ever since it was announced the ads were coming. was it bullshit when PC Mag reported on it? when CNET reported on it? when any one of the dozens of other sites did? was it bullshit when Microsoft themselves said they were coming?
it's bullshit because why? you fanboy microsoft? ok, that's fine, you're entitled to your opinion, but ads all over Windows is a fact of life now, and no amount of denial from you is going to change the objective reality. they've said they are going to be pushing advertising to more areas of windows. they don't give a shit if their users don't want to believe that. they didn't ask for your opinion on the matter.
I would never subject myself to that sort of enshitified corporate bullshit. I value my time far too much to use windows. so to answer your question, I refuse to debase myself by recreating it. if you're into that sort of stuff I won't kink shame you too much, but that ain't for me, fam.
So that’s a no then
you're not particularly gifted with an overabundance of smarts, are you?
Here’s what I am gifted with: VMWare workstation pro and a Windows 11 25H2 iso. Just did a fresh install of Win 11 Home, and shockingly enough, TERMINAL IS THE FIRST RESULT FOR TERMINAL IN THE START MENU. No IMDB listing at all. So unless you are gonna to try and recreate the screenshot above, like I just did, STFU.
...or what?
Wicked come back bro. You sure showed me.
yes, I did, you just didn't have any retort to it. we're still waiting on you to explain why it's bullshit when microsoft announced it themselves and it's been covered on dozens of tech journalism sites since early 2024. there's literally a toggle in the control panel to turn personalized ads off.
You were wrong about this from the beginning, so go back to reading CNET and jerking off about Linux superiority.
see? I showed you. you can't handle it so you're just crashing out and refusing to even bother trying to refute it, because you know I'm fucking right.
here's the Microsoft support page on advertisements. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy-settings-for-recommendations-offers-in-windows-11-807608ee-3de2-4498-8e7c-eb10d655567f
cry more about it all you want, but Microsoft themselves say you are wrong, and I am right.
Ok pal. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
what's gonna help me sleep at night is you finally being honest and admitting that Linux is superior.
Nah. You just don’t know how to computer good enough.
says the one still using the OS made for boomers who can't figure out how to send an email. you can talk about people "computer"ing good enough when you take the training wheels off, kiddo.
lol. Says the Mint user.
even if it was Mint, it would still be a step above what you're using. I recommend you try Mint when you finally decide to stop eating crayons.
Hit me back when you graduate to RHEL
you mean the dumbed-down Fedora spinoff that offers enterprise support for corporations that can't figure out Linux by themselves? I don't need to pay for somebody to hold my hand, but thanks.
congrats on being handy enough with Google to find a random distro name to toss out there. pity the one you picked was for chumps who got scammed into paying for something that's free.
Know what I love about you Linux fanbois? So. Fucking. Easy. To. Bait.