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Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window... by will4274 on Monday February 10, 2020 @11:25AM (#22290514)
So? There are free products with ads (like Gmail), paid products without ads (like Netflix and Windows 8), and paid products with ads (like Hulu and Win10 home edition). I'm not the biggest fan of the paid+ads business model, but it's a valid model and Microsoft has been pretty consistent - Win10 has followed this model since release, so nobody is being tricked.
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Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window... by t-writescode on Monday February 10, 2020 @12:35PM (#22291253)
People were tricked when they were forced to upgrade through confusing prompts. People were forced when Microsoft strong-armed processor companies to not support Windows 8 and instead force Windows 10’upgrades if you wanted new machines.

Disclosure: I worked for Microsoft during Windows 8 through early Windows 10 development on related teams.

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Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window... by will4274 on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @11:58AM (#22299998)
> Microsoft strong-armed processor companies to not support Windows 8 and instead force Windows 10’upgrades if you wanted new machines

Do you mean to say that Microsoft clearly communicated Win8 EOL dates and OEMs choose to move accordingly? If not, can you cite a source?

Edit: after some googling, I think you mean - Microsoft didn't think it was worth the expense to pay engineers to backport processor support to Win8. Bit of a difference from "strong-arming" the processor companies

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