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I once would have agreed with you, but the advertisements and pushiness in Windows are simply unacceptable at this point.

• tsimionescu 3y ago
  The EU is fixing that as well - we'll soon see the privacy version of Win 11 launched in the EU as well.
  • filoleg 3y ago
    That's cool and all, but I either can wait for that to happen or not happen (which is not a certainty), or I can just use macOS (or a flavor of Linux). Sure, the EU will fix things like they've managed to do in the past with other internet-related stuff (e.g., cookie notices). And I will definitely re-evaluate this take once things change in terms of ads for Windows. But until that happens, I don't see "the EU will fix that" as a valid point in favor of Windows.
    • Kipters 3y ago
      The ability to disable the "news" panel is already in preview, it will be released by march https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/windows-11-widgets-will-finally-become-usable-thanks-to-an-upcoming-update https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/wind...
      • pharmakom 3y ago
        This is the problem. Microsoft does not have a strong product function in Windows so no one can push back on this bullshit in the first place.
      • filoleg 3y ago
        That’s nice, what about those OneDrive and Microsoft365 ads they added in an update last year?
• gamblor956 3y ago
  Given that I have not paid for Windows in almost 2 decades, I am okay with a little bit of advertising. All of my Windows PCs just work. And I can stick pretty much any hardware and they just work. I can't say the say for any of the Apple devices that my friends own, all of whom have had to have them replaced at some point.