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by isoprophlex 1896 days ago
Imagine paying money for an os and having to go through this song and dance to not have your productivity tool become an ad infested unproductivity tool
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Admittedly, it is awful and stupid. On the other hand, those of us who use it find the alternative to be even worse despite being free. Imagine what problems must exist with that alternative for this to be true.
When you buy a computer, or get one from work, it is preloaded with Windows.

Windows is essentially "free", as in for most people there is no savings from not using Windows, like it is i.e. if you build your desktop your self.

Linux is compeeting with effectivly mandatory prepaid Windows installs.

I paid for it, and I didn't have to. I chose it because it works better.
> Linux is compeeting with effectivly mandatory prepaid Windows installs.

You can get your money back if you don't plan on using the license.

https://www.linux.com/news/how-get-windows-tax-refund/

Some of us find the alternatives to be really really good compared to Windows. The only thing I should wish was that IT was (even more) supportive.

Lucky us I guess.

(FTR: Linux is as usual as Mac at work now. I've even seen a team lead and a sales guy run Linux!)

> Some of us find the alternatives to be really really good compared to Windows.

Yeah, and some of us don't. A lot of us, actually. I personally get kinda sick of the arrogance of people who think they're above everyone else because they chose a different operating system.

Somebody just wants to choose their operating system without the whole market being coerced by a large hedgemonic monopoly and then you yell down from your ivory tower that everybody but you is arrogant.
Some people would like to use FreeBSD and other free Unix OSs without having to kowtow to Linuxisms too. It isn't the fault of Linux users that they have to do so.
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I use it every day and tbh I haven't had to touch the settings in years. I never encounter this stuff.

And reading the article it explicitly says they will only show users this feature if edge is their default browser.

No, it says "the pop-up will appear even when Microsoft Edge is the default browser... The company is not targeting people who use Google Chrome and Firefox as default browsers."

I.e., it shows up for everyone, not just people who aren't using Edge already. They aren't specifically targeting Chrome and Firefox users; they are just also included in the group.

Can confirm that I never encountered this behavior and I have Edge (although Canary) as my default browser at the moment.
> And reading the article it explicitly says they will only show users this feature if edge is their default browser.

That’s not what it says. It says "even when Microsoft Edge is the default browser".

oh Puh-lease....

we don't have to imagine it, this isn't new, this is the Status quo.

And we're all to enrolled/busy/tired to give a shit about it. just make the customizing changes and move on.

Have you never spent time configuring an operating system?
Yeah, things like desktop wallpaper and to show application extensions; not to tell it I don't want ads integrated into my OS...

We generally pay for services, to avoid ads.

Yes, but it's because I want to and not because I have to in order to get it to shut up about itself.