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Re:Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar? by matheusmoreira on Saturday September 04, 2021 @12:52AM (#28412172)
> I just want to run applications that through past probably-illegal monopolistic actions, require APIs that only exist on Windows machines.

It's gonna be ironic if one day Wine becomes the best way to run those applications because Microsoft ruined their own platform with ads and surveillance.

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Re:Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar? by dm319 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @08:11AM (#28414363)
Well in the edge-case requirement of running several copies of Microsoft Word simultaneously, WINE has Windows beat.

https://www.reddit.com/r/winehq/comments/he1pc0/went_overboa...

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