Ok, so if you want to use Windows 11, you do you. Whatever. But don’t try to slide lies past us. I use Windows 11 for work, and I see ads All. The. Time. Ads for OneDrive in the file manager, ads for 1Password and Opera in the start menu. When I try to install Firefox or Brave, I get ads for Edge (and again every time Edge updates). I get more nags to sign up for Microsoft 365 than I can even remember. I get ads in the notification tray. I get ads for terrible free-to-play games in the search results page. I get ads for Game Pass on the lock screen.
And yes, I’ve turned off all the settings. Somehow they always manage to get turned back on whenever Windows updates. I have to have it basically stock for dev testing, so I can’t do any registry tweaks or uninstall any updates to get rid of them.
So use the OS if you want, and use a Microsoft account if you really want your usage data to get slurped up by whatever the next thing is (I think it’s “Recall” this time). But don’t tell us that the snarling mouth in the corner of the room licking its lips isn’t there.
“I don’t care about them” is a far cry from “they aren’t there.” And they are, I was literally clicking around a current, fully-updated Windows 11 machine while I wrote that comment about the things I was seeing on the screen.
Don’t know why you think I’d be lying, there’s nothing for me to gain from it.
Some people (you, apparently) need others to validate their choices.
I already have an MS account from owning an Xbox and playing Minecraft, no big deal.
I haven’t seen a single ad in the eight months or so I’ve had Win 11.
It took about five minutes after initial setup to customize everything the way it used to be. Nothing about this OS has been worth complaining about.
Personal experience > what the Internet says
I think you have a different definition of advertisement than the rest of us.
Ok, so if you want to use Windows 11, you do you. Whatever. But don’t try to slide lies past us. I use Windows 11 for work, and I see ads All. The. Time. Ads for OneDrive in the file manager, ads for 1Password and Opera in the start menu. When I try to install Firefox or Brave, I get ads for Edge (and again every time Edge updates). I get more nags to sign up for Microsoft 365 than I can even remember. I get ads in the notification tray. I get ads for terrible free-to-play games in the search results page. I get ads for Game Pass on the lock screen.
And yes, I’ve turned off all the settings. Somehow they always manage to get turned back on whenever Windows updates. I have to have it basically stock for dev testing, so I can’t do any registry tweaks or uninstall any updates to get rid of them.
So use the OS if you want, and use a Microsoft account if you really want your usage data to get slurped up by whatever the next thing is (I think it’s “Recall” this time). But don’t tell us that the snarling mouth in the corner of the room licking its lips isn’t there.
Not lying, actually having a fine time with it. Don’t know why you think I’d be lying, there’s nothing for me to gain from it.
I’m sorry if I shattered your perfect little illusion, but none of that stuff you mentioned is there now. Cope.
“I don’t care about them” is a far cry from “they aren’t there.” And they are, I was literally clicking around a current, fully-updated Windows 11 machine while I wrote that comment about the things I was seeing on the screen.
Some people (you, apparently) need others to validate their choices.