'Sync provider notifications' sounds like a useful API for cloud file services such as Dropbox or Drive to be able to communicate with the user. If that's what is actually for, and some other part of ms thought it might be a good place to push OneDrive, it will probably have the unfortunate effect of people turning off an otherwise useful part of windows.
Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
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Re: Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
#142Here's a better idea - show Microsoft that you don't accept this type of behaviour by switching products/services. I'm aware that Windows 10 is a "free" OS, but trying to ram this type of behaviour down my throat is despicable unethical behaviour and I don't condone it. It is why I've switched to Linux for my daily computing needs.
I'll say it again on HN: I have never seen an ad on Windows 10 Pro except: - Candy Crush - Edge Homescreen (hardly counts)
I have Windows 10 Pro AND an Office 365 subscription and the damn thing showed up for me.
While I use and enjoy quite a few Microsoft products, I feel like there are just some baffling, ill thought out, and ham-fisted mistakes going on there with how these ads are being pushed out. They look tacky and I can only imagine they're doing more harm than good.
For example, the ads for Edge that now show up touting that you can stream longer with Edge. Really? I don't know anyone that that would convince to stop using Chrome. How about maybe something more basic like changing the logo, since every non-technical user that I know just thinks it's Internet Explorer and it's been pounded into their brains for years (and for good reason) to use Firefox or Chrome instead.
Re: Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
You think it's not a big deal that you pay microsoft $119 for an OS and they're injecting ads into the local file browser? How are those being targetted? Ads on sites and apps -- yeah okay. We got to pay the rent for the content we're viewing.. Ads baked into the OS, especially one you'be paid for, is disturbing.. For me anyway.. I've not used windows in a long time, but I'm kind of dissapointed in the way they've be…
I guess I just don't think of it as an ad. Just like how Apple pushes their cloud storage, Google pushes drive, even Foss software pushes or bumps other complementary packages. They are being "targeted" because you are already running the software, so if it's saving your shit to a paid account, just hide it, if it's not then show it. No tracking or nefarious stuff needed. If they were really truly putting ads in exp…
> ... but this isn't doing that ...
Yet.
Re: Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
#144Are the ads only for storage service? At first I was thinking we'd start seeing banner ads like we do on blogs. If it's only Microsoft pushing their own integrated services I don't really have much of a problem, but for software I paid for showing third party ads when I never ever had an expectation of such a thing then I do agree it is very horrible. The "Not now" button does seem like a anti-pattern instead of a si…
My mom already had OneDrive installed and it was pestering her. I don't know what they want me to do. I went in and turned the notification off, but 98% of people won't know to do that and will accept a shitty aspect of the user experience.
Re: Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
#145There's an opportunity here for a young, ambitious programmer -- create a PowerShell script that automatically goes through the Windows registry, creating/resetting options to disable all advertising (Start menu, File Explorer, OneDrive, Edge's annoying gripes when you launch a competing browser, and others). I suggest this because as time passes the manual approach to disabling the many sources of Windows advertisin…
Most of this already exists in tronscript:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TronScript/comments/5y2we4/tron_v10...
Edit: and also on blackbird: http://www.getblackbird.net/screenshots/
Re: Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
#146Here's a better idea - show Microsoft that you don't accept this type of behaviour by switching products/services. I'm aware that Windows 10 is a "free" OS, but trying to ram this type of behaviour down my throat is despicable unethical behaviour and I don't condone it. It is why I've switched to Linux for my daily computing needs.
That's great.
Here's why most people don't: they like editing Word documents, using Bluetooth, playing AAA games, printing and scanning, connecting to external monitors, watching DVDs, and transferring files from their phones.
Re: Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
> As a mass-exodus to Linux and macOS curretly seems unlikely, their strategy appears to be winning so far. ... or people just install windows 7 / avoid upgrading to 10. Hard to call that a "win" Take everything with a grain of salt, but metrics still point to Windows 7 dominance: http://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/de... https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...
How hard would it be to replace the ads with instructions to do a parallel Ubuntu install?
Assuming they're on a network you control, probably around as hard as upside-down ternet.
Wait, what if you were to redirect the download links for the automatic updates to a Linux installer? Assuming Microsoft's security is still as lax as it was during the XP era, you could get this to work without much difficulty.
Re: Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your basic point is legitimate, but in passing I want to say that in Linux distributions you can change the windows decorators/formats to suit yourself, often including a theme designed to resemble Windows. Not to detract from the point you're making, which is quite valid.
On Windows, you can change the presence of ads in Explorer to suit yourself also.
But advertising/"telemetry" preferences seem to accidentally get reset every few forced upgrades.
Re: Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
#149If you're fed up with Explorer, you might also look into alternative file managers. I'm developing one: https://fman.io
Re: Windows 10 is bringing ads to File Explorer – how to turn them off
#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel like there's a cyclical gridlock between businesses and business software vendors in which neither party can afford to be the "first" to move to a new platform. It's like a comical game of chicken because in less than a decade all of this software is going to be in a web browser anyway.
I think with the rise of cloud based productivity software (Google Docs, etc.) we'll see a rise in alternative OS's. I know one of the big issues with adopting Linux on the desktop in companies is the issue with access control (something like AD's Group Policy). It's amazing how you can control pretty much every permission/policy imaginable within your domain using AD, and until something like that comes out for Linu…
The sad part here is that Linux is actually really good for that by design (if you take the time to understand Unix permissions).