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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] Zimroxo@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can turn them all off though

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] beefcat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It does not take 30 seconds, it takes up to five minutes. Some of these changes also get reverted with specific updates and suddenly you're seeing ads again.

[–] beefcat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've never had this change reverted in an update.

And it does not take 5 minutes, I can do it in less than 30 seconds. It's a single key in the registry.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thats the tailored experiences, common users dont have the knowledge to safely edit registry keys. Thats a bullshit excuse to hide ads there and you know it. Stop defending shitty practices.

[–] beefcat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

i’m not defending it. literally the first thing i said was that users shouldn’t have to do this.

and it’s not the tailored experiences, i’m talking about the “feature” that puts web results in the start menu search.

all i did was add some nuance to the conversation and you’re crucifying me over it because i didn’t pile on the circlejerk.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes I am. Saying "its not that bad, it only takes thirty seconds" is literally defending shoving ads down our throats and making them hard to remove. That way of thinking deserves to be crucified. Ads have no place living on an OS.

[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

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