Reddit – “Windows 10 prompted me to register to vote”
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#2Screenshot of what the notification looks like: https://i.imgur.com/LHfKkDh.png
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#3Fyi, this prompt was shown to a Dutch user, to register for US election.
Re: Reddit – “Windows 10 prompted me to register to vote”
#4To check yourself, press the Windows Start Key and enter a single letter to start the search then backspace the letter.
The message will be at the bottom of the start menu. If you are on a new install of Windows, the message instead will be Try Edge. Once you clear that message and try again, you'll get the register to vote message.
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#5Why TF are people using an OS that has ads? Whatever the reason I just dont get it.
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#6on the one hand, this is indeed a shitty precedent. but on the other hand we have a shitty president and government in general.
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#7"We're all living in America"...
Re: Reddit – “Windows 10 prompted me to register to vote”
#8on the one hand, this is indeed a shitty precedent. but on the other hand we have a shitty president and government in general.
> this is indeed a shitty precedent
Why?
Re: Reddit – “Windows 10 prompted me to register to vote”
#9Why TF are people using an OS that has ads? Whatever the reason I just dont get it.
Perhaps, because there are only two options for most people - OSX and Windows.
OSX machines are prohibitively expensive for most, so Windows is the only reasonable option.
Re: Reddit – “Windows 10 prompted me to register to vote”
#10Fyi, this prompt was shown to a Dutch user, to register for US election.
My guess is that the detection is based on language settings rather than region/keyboard settings.