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Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising (www.techradar.com)

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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.

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The thing that irks me the most is that those things work. They'll see a little complain from the most vocal ones, and that's it. The revenue will increase, their shareholders will be pleased, the OS will be worse, and we'll have no viable alternative.

Unless governments start to regulate the hell out of tech companies, it's only downhill from there.

Edit: about Linux, it's not viable if you're outside IT or rely on commercial software. That's a debate for another post.

[-] sun_is_ra 23 points 2 weeks ago

Why wont we have viable alternative ? We already have

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Agree with everything expect for the viable alternative. Linux is viable for many people

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Regarding Linux, what commercial software are you dependent on? More and more, it's all online, even Office.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Autodesk for myself, apparently its super dependant on .net and other windows framework so its not like they are going to make it linux compatible any time soon.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It looks like it runs perfectly via WINE from a few quick Google searches

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, ill check it out

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Adobe Creative Suite. They will probably never release a Linux version
Industry standard music production s/w
Offbeat collection of educational/research s/w, creators of which don't know that Linux exists. They sometimes don't even support MacOS
Office Suite which is compatible with MS Office shenanigans

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You're correct on all counts, but you're also not a typical desktop user, you're definitely a professional or power user with specific needs.

The average user needs the ability to use a web browser and that's honestly about it. That's why Chromebooks are so popular with schools. A basic Linux desktop is quite capable for a standard user.

For the things yoi need you're correct that it's not 1:1 and you'd need to move to open source alternatives or tinker with VMs/WINE to get those apps working and it would be a chore.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is not me. But the kinds of people I'm encountered in my social circle. I'm in the CS/Research industry, so all my tools are linux compatible and have been a Linux user for the past decade.

I think it's better to have a realistic expectation of Linux rather than consider it a 1:1 Windows alternative. I agree with your last para fully.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Adobe Creative Cloud, which despite the name is pretty much local. And although Microsoft Office works online, it has a series of issues that the desktop version doesn't have, like broken formatting on Word.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ah. Yeah, I don't know of a way to get ACC on Linux.

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