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This Windows 11 Start menu change is now coming to Windows 10 (www.pcworld.com)

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[-] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 217 points 2 weeks ago

Aaand … it’s ads. What a surprise.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 24 points 2 weeks ago

Article says (but don't believe them):

But it’s not all ads. In fact, Microsoft does make useful changes from time to time

[-] HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago

Oh boy! Not all ads! Oh yippee! I have been blessed on this fine day! 🥰

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sure, you had fewer ads before, but now you got slightly fewer ads than the amount known to induce seizures. Blessed be the fruit!

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

I use Linux exclusively and hate Microsoft, but isn’t that statement objectively true?

[+] Lojcs@lemm.ee -88 points 2 weeks ago

That's not an ad

[-] Womble@lemmy.world 158 points 2 weeks ago

There’s no apparent way to disable the Microsoft 365 account manager in the Start menu, and there’s no option to deactivate the constant nagging to upgrade to a paid Microsoft 365 subscription.

Sounds like an ad to me.

[+] Lojcs@lemm.ee -105 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's a button to manage your Microsoft account that you signed into windows with. It's not shocking that it has an option to upgrade said account

Edit:

I don't use windows, stop assuming things about me
Everything you don't like or don't use isn't an ad. This is no different than Gmail and Google chrome having Google drive integration.
Microsoft has been forcing people to use online accounts for windows login, so it's only natural for the account button to let you manage it as well.
This isn't an endorsement or a value judgement.

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 87 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't signed in with the Microsoft account in the first place.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

What about trying to install Windows 11 with a local account instead of using a Microsoft account?

Shift + F10 -> Enter: oobe\bypassnro followed by.. you know what? Try: format C:\. And install Linux already.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online -2 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't either... bc I've been privileged to not have to work with ~~Satan~~ Windows for almost a decade now.:-)

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

That didn't happen.

And if it did, it wasn't that bad. <--

And if it was, that's not a big deal.

And if it is, that's not Microsoft's fault.

And if it was, they didn't mean it.

And if they did, you deserved it.

[-] Wooki@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's not Microsofts account for starters, its also not their computer. Its a user account on the customers computer.

Linux mint doesn't try and steal your content to train an AI. It's also a much nicer experience in a lot of ways

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

^ This

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like they are advertising a paid option.

[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago

Bruh you're in so deep you don't even see ads anymore 😱

[-] liquidparasyte@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

I don't use windows, stop assuming things about me

Seems a bit silly to comment confidently on changes happening within Windows that you don't experience then, no?

[-] Lojcs@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

This isn't out on windows neither. This article is a rewording of another article that seems to be a mix of data mining and speculation. So having the same information as everyone else, I don't see any issue with commenting on it

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

If you’re gunna simp for something you could at least have the self-respect to choose a thing that isn’t openly unstable dogshit.

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