> Are you signed into it though? I'm not and it nags me to sign in.
That's not an 'ad' - there is a ton of OS-level functionality that's tied to your iCloud ID and account, you can ignore it if you want, but it's not an 'ad' if they want you to use it...
Re:The End of Windows
by mschuster91 on Monday April 02, 2018 @01:21PM
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> Are you signed into it though? I'm not and it nags me to sign in.
No, I don't use it in any form.
> Which one? 8, 8.1 and 10 all have very different start menus.
And they're all not the Win95-to-Win-7-era one. I need a working menu with nothing else, especially not tiles or ads.
> In Windows 10 it's not unlike Dashboard in MacOS.
Which Apple doesn't force one to use, thank God. Programs folder in the Dock, that's it (although, I admit, I'd prefer a list/menu...).
Are you signed into it though? I'm not and it nags me to sign in.
> The start menu is enough for me to permanently turn me away.
Which one? 8, 8.1 and 10 all have very different start menus.
> Or this stupid "tile" interface. What's that crap even for?
In Windows 10 it's not unlike Dashboard in MacOS.