Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 years after its debut

Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by MichaelGG on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @05:43PM (#11537967)

Is that why they can bombard the entire UI with ads? Every single page has tons of ads, and MS misleadingly only notes one of them as "Advertisement" (autoplay video). I disconnected my Xbox360 from the Internet because it's faster that way, and cleaner.

I see the Xbox One is pretty bad, too, and this "ads everywhere" has leaked into Windows 10 (though you can turn them off a bit).

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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by pdabbadabba on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @05:53PM (#11538036)

> this "ads everywhere" has leaked into Windows 10 (though you can turn them off a bit).

Where? I've been using Windows 10 everyday for months and haven't seen an ad. There was that one time that something resembling a Tomb Raider ad was served to users' lock screens, but I never saw it myself and I've never seen anything else.

Maybe it depends on which version of Windows 10?

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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by MichaelGG on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @10:19PM (#11539202)

Mainly the start menu. Just because they aren't "random ads" like a Coke video, doesn't mean they aren't ads. Showing offers to buy software is definitely an ad.

I think there's pop-ups for Office as well as pre installed "apps" that are just links to buy.

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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by pdabbadabba on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:17AM (#11541842)

I feel like I'm losing grip on reality. My installs of Windows 10 have none of these things. Are we just talking about Windows 10 Home here?

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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by squizzel on Friday April 22, 2016 @11:58PM (#11554097)

Which version are you currently using? I will be making the jump shortly.

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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by Eric_WVGG on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @06:55PM (#11538336)

lock screen, start menu, "growl" notifications…

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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by arcticfox on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @09:16PM (#11538980)

You're really making a mountain out of a molehill, I can hardly find ads on W10 if I try. Never actually noticed one before.

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Re:Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 year... by nitrogen on Thursday April 21, 2016 @04:09AM (#11540356)

Maybe they're just really subtle ads, and thus (to some) more insidious?

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