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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)
submitted 4 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago (9 children)

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

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 0 points 4 months ago

I've been running Bazzite on an old 1st gen Surface Book Pro that I had laying around. Touch screen and all the fancy keyboard stuff works great.

[–] s_s@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

Your hardware has to have support for Linux, not the other way around.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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/

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] maxinstuff@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months 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.

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

I got the "It's time to upgrade to Windows 11" message on my Windows 10 laptop. It's getting aggravating.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I think this community exists only to complain about Microsoft. Not sure I ever see anything else.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

That is patently false.

...Sometimes we also complain about Facebook or Tesla.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Wrong, this is the elon musk complaint forum. Always has been

[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They do make it very hard to speak about anything else

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thing is, most of these complaints are serious non issues.

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[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Yeah but it is mostly warranted.

I wish we Apple-bashed more. Fuck Apple.

[–] Abdoanmes@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

I read the title and thought, "Oh is this another ad for Linux?"

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 0 points 4 months ago

Seems to me it's mostly complaining about Google.

[–] GreenStar@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Tbh me switching to Debian (using the KDE desktop experience) is feeling better and better, my PC runs over 3x faster, I have way more control over my own device, and everything works better than ever!

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago (17 children)

It is bullshit, and people will complain while continuing to use Windows so why should Microsoft care?

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[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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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