WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10

Re:WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10 by symfoniq on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:30PM (#22111830)

This sort of tackiness in Windows 10 is one of the primary reasons I've switched back to macOS.

Windows 10 is a great OS in many respects, and I like the hardware story more than in Apple world, but I just can't get over Microsoft's need to invade my workspace with tacky, distracting, irrelevant ads.

The first time I saw a "Candy Crush" ad in the Start menu (of Windows 10 Professional, not Home), I hoped Microsoft would get enough negative feedback to see the error of their ways.

But it seems like they're going the wrong direction.

And yes, I'm aware of the LTSC version of Windows 10. I have no way to install it legally.

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Re:WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10 by christophilus on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @06:49PM (#22113077)

I just switched back to Windows to get a reasonably priced laptop with a real keyboard. Booted it up, and got an ad for dropbox. Nice. Pretty much guaranteed I won't be a dropbox customer, and that I'm going to be searching for a Linux distro that supports 5k monitors...

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Re:WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10 by mustaflex on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:34PM (#22114665)

i feel the same, It just build up resentment for these forced ads and preinstalled software. I can't even stand to see Skype and oneDrive icons anymore, I stop what I'm doing at the moment and go to uninstall them.

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