Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader

Re:Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader by MiddleEndian on Monday December 19, 2016 @08:36AM (#13211258)

An ad is inherently antagonistic. It doesn't add to the product I'm using (in this case the operating system); its only function is to try to trick me into buying more things.

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Re:Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader by ocdtrekkie on Monday December 19, 2016 @10:05AM (#13211790)

Are you suggesting the mere display of a wallpaper from the latest Tomb Raider game is capable of deception? Of "tricking" you into buying it?

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Re:Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader by MiddleEndian on Monday December 19, 2016 @10:42AM (#13212060)

Is it going to trick me in particular? Probably not; I'm not likely to buy that type of game anyway.

Would it be using my computer as a marketing tool to promote a product? Yes. A more obvious example might have been if it said something like "Drink Coke".

It's a banner ad, but now bundled automatically into your machine. Even if banner ads didn't track you, I'd still block them. There's a reason marketers pay for them.

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