Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads

I really don't like this direction that MS is heading. I'd rather they charger for Windows 10 and newer and not start bundling software and pushing ads by default.

Also, fuck buying games off the Windows store, Steam and any other service that locks you into DRM. My steam client in Linux is hopelessly broken due to updates. Some of my games will still play, but most require the stupid Steam DRM layer. I should have bought them off Humble instead.

Re: Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads

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Post by gargravarr » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 5:02 PM UTC

Seems like the only way people want to make money these days is through invasive advertising without the end-user's explicit consent. Granted the expectation of free software is driving most of this, but it starts a vicious cycle because those who get annoyed with them develop countermeasures, which the creator responds to with more aggressive ads, ad infinitum.

It does start explaining some of the highly controversial telemetry MS was collecting in Win10 - turning everyone's PCs into billboards.

Re: Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads

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Post by melling » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 5:03 PM UTC

ArbitraryHobo wrote: post #3

Has Microsoft gone too far?

9 out of 10 PC's still run Windows so I guess not.

Re: Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads

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Post by gravypod » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 5:03 PM UTC

"When the item is free, you are the product" is the lesson of this past decade. I am at least repeatedly learning this over and over again.

Re: Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads

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Post by cm2187 » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 5:05 PM UTC

gargravarr wrote: post #6

Seems like the only way people want to make money these days is through invasive advertising without the end-user's explicit consent. Granted the expectation of free software is driving most of this, but it starts a vicious cycle because those who get annoyed with them develop countermeasures, which the creator responds to with more aggressive ads, ad infinitum. It does start explaining some of the highly controversi…

Except windows isn't free. Even users who upgraded for free initially paid for a windows license (at least outside of China).

Re: Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads

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Post by cm2187 » Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 5:06 PM UTC

djsumdog wrote: post #5

I really don't like this direction that MS is heading. I'd rather they charger for Windows 10 and newer and not start bundling software and pushing ads by default. Also, fuck buying games off the Windows store, Steam and any other service that locks you into DRM. My steam client in Linux is hopelessly broken due to updates. Some of my games will still play, but most require the stupid Steam DRM layer. I should have b…

Or at least give a paid option for no user monetization and monitoring.