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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Guys, I'll switch in a heartbeat to a Linux OS if any one you can recommend a stable OS that works on a Surface Go 2. It should support its touchscreen, of course, and a Surface Pen. Plus, a FOSS alternative to Journal would be stellar

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm running Ubuntu on a Surface Laptop Studio. I really like it, though I have not yet gotten the touchscreen and pen working.

If I figure it out (and I remember) I'll let you know.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Have you looked into Mint?

The linux mint forums make it seem like it works out of the box. I know that it worked out of the box for my Thinkpad x380, even the touchscreen, pen, and screen rotation.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Idk Journal but you can give Xournal a try, it works pretty well and you can arrange all the buttons to your liking

https://xournalpp.github.io/

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Are you going to have to deal with a full-screen ad when you’re trying to open File Explorer eventually?

I was literally reading this sentence when the whole page grayed out and a window asking me to subscribe popped up.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Lemmy: why aren't people using Linux? It's so easy

Also Lemmy: webp huh?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

What’s webp and why should I care?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Google’s image format

It’s smaller than png which a company that shows images really likes because it’s cheaper so to force adoption they convert a bunch of images to .webp on google images

The problem is that 1. It hadn’t been adapted anywhere so people would have to convert it back to png to use 2. It is worse in every aspect to jxl files so Google has had to block the adaptation of jxl on the web as much as they can (jxl retains more quality and is half the size of webp)

Currently only webkit browsers support jxl out of the box. Firefox has had it in their nightly builds for years now but have never moved it into standard

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If Google wants to push webp because it is smaller than previous formats, and jxl is even smaller than that, why would Google have an interst in blocking jxl?

Not saying Google did not or does not block jxl, just your chain of logic as to why they do that does not make sense to me.

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

They are behaving as if someone promised them to outlaw FOSS operating systems.

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

If comsic desktop gets a perfect launch, it wouldn't be an over exaggeration to say, some amount of people will switch

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

If windows becomes an advertising platform, isn't MS forced to open it to competitors lest they are misusing their power?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I know that this expression desensitises people to something serious, but it describes Microsoft - the "it"/corporation - perfectly: rapist mentality. It shows how eager Microsoft is to disregard consent, users saying "no, I don't want it", and to force itself over the users as long as it gets some benefit out of it.

Including new obnoxious advertisement slots into an already released product - one that you paid for - is only a result of that mentality.

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