Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
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Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
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Re: Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
#2Don't they already do this with some games and services in Windows 10? Is this just a supercharged version of what happens in Windows 10?
Definitely guarantees that the fTPM stays off on all of my machines so they can't be force upgraded.
Re: Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
#3Every couple of weeks Windows shows a FULL SCREEN advertisement during boot/login which requires several clicks to get rid of.
They advertise everything starting from Microsoft Accounts, OneDrive, MS Edge ( https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/11/15/windows-10-is-now-n... ) , Windows 11 ( https://mspoweruser.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/167013949... ) , and a long etc.
This is not a small advert in a small corner of the start menu. These are full-screen adverts that interrupt your use of the computer until you click.
What on Earth could they possibly do now to top that ?
Re: Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
#4Windows 11 has already lost the marketing battle. They should have kept the version number at 10 and gone with a "ui refresh" update. People aren't going to switch until Windows 12 is released.
Re: Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
#5I feel like I'm on crazy pills when I complain about these things and all the other intrusions Windows pops up at me every time I use the operating system... Yet, the people who use it (mostly gamers), seem to think it's all fine and the operating system is great.
Re: Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
#6Every couple of weeks Windows shows a FULL SCREEN advertisement during boot/login which requires several clicks to get rid of. They advertise everything starting from Microsoft Accounts, OneDrive, MS Edge ( https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/11/15/windows-10-is-now-n... ) , Windows 11 ( https://mspoweruser.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/167013949... ) , and a long etc. This is not a small advert in a small corner of…
Strange, I have never seen those ads. Are they restricted to the Home editions? I use Enterprise.
Re: Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
#7Every couple of weeks Windows shows a FULL SCREEN advertisement during boot/login which requires several clicks to get rid of. They advertise everything starting from Microsoft Accounts, OneDrive, MS Edge ( https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/11/15/windows-10-is-now-n... ) , Windows 11 ( https://mspoweruser.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/167013949... ) , and a long etc. This is not a small advert in a small corner of…
start making them into onboarding installs is one think off the top of my head.
Re: Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
#8Great, I just updated to Windows 11 in hope of getting WSL2 + Arch Linux + CUDA + Docker but it didn't pan out in the end, had to move back to proper Linux for that piece of work. But seems I'm stuck with Windows 11 now and additionally, the running applications that show up in the taskbar suddenly can only show icons, no text allowed.
I started to regret my decision to upgrade, and this just adds insult to injury.
Re: Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
#9I feel like I'm on crazy pills when I complain about these things and all the other intrusions Windows pops up at me every time I use the operating system... Yet, the people who use it (mostly gamers), seem to think it's all fine and the operating system is great.
If you’re a gamer, how do you interact with the computer?
You launch Steam, see a bunch of ads, launch Epic Game Store or GOG Galaxy and see a bunch of ads, so why wouldn’t you see ads in the start menu?
Hell, you have to log in to an account for the “GeForce Experience”. Just to keep your graphics card drivers automatically updated.
As soon as you’re in a game, the game is full-screen. You’re not switching apps, you’re not creating anything, you’re just consuming content, and ads are a part of how we consume content these days.
Re: Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu
#10Don't they still charge a $100+ license for Windows? I have Windows 10 for games, but I haven't booted into it in months since Steam has been fantastic on Linux (relative to it's past, it has some ways to go).
I'll be the classic Linux desktop optimist: the improvements over the last four years along have been fantastic and I really hope for a future when it can meet everyone's needs.
My OS shouldn't advertise to me. It shouldn't sell my data, or shouldn't do anything like that. It especially shouldn't harass me to log into the owning company's account. I shouldn't need any internet account to just use the OS (missing features relates the said account is obviously reasonable).