Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads

Re:Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads by r00fus on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @01:40PM (#11169049)

I want a fully supported OS that will see upgrades. I'm willing to pay. I guess that means OSX or Linux for the forseeable future.

I used to think PCs that were sold had some vendor bloatware, but now the OS itself is bloatware.

Were Stallman & Torvalds simply precient for their viewpoints 20+ years ago?

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Re:Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads by mwcampbell on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @01:45PM (#11169084)

I wouldn't put Torvalds in the same category as Stallman here. IIUC, Torvalds initially made Linux free simply because he was doing it for fun. Now he couldn't change the license if he wanted to, and he's getting paid to work on it anyway. In any case, it seems that he's always been much less idealistic about software freedom than Stallman.

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Re:Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads by mynameisvlad on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @06:35PM (#11171135)

What's the difference between OSX and Windows, in your mind? It's even more "free" than Windows is, since you can't buy it separately and all OS updates for the last few versions have been free.

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Re:Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads by r00fus on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @07:15PM (#11171366)

Telemetry: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-w...

Can't disable unless it's Win10 Enterprise or Education editions (does any PC sold come with Win10 enterprise or education editions)?

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