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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by sho_hn on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @04:13PM (#35546086)
My beef is that something about taking my Samsung Bluetooth earphones out of my ears launches Apple's Music/iTunes app, and only that, and after a cursory search, this apparently can't be turned off. Aside from the annoyance itself, pushing a particular app/service is also not what I want an OS to do.
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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by rscrawfo on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @04:23PM (#35546255)
This drives me crazy ever single day.
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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by BrotherBisquick on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @05:08PM (#35546949)
Taking them out does that? That makes no sense.

That sounds more like a bug or oversight than a dark pattern.

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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by sho_hn on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @05:11PM (#35546990)
It's a bit of both. The intention is probably to start the app when you "plug in" earphones. But something about putting the Galaxy Buds back into their charging case, or sometimes just taking them out, causes a state change (reconnect?) that triggers it.

The dark pattern is to start the Music app.

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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by appleiigs on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @06:25PM (#35547887)
On my Apple Watch 3, when on a run, I would look at my watch for heart rate and pace, but Apple would always show Music first, even though i don’t listen to music when running.

Bought a Garmin watch immediately after that.

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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by solarkraft on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:07PM (#35548316)
This hasn't happened to me a few iOS versions ago with the Buds Plus.
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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by sho_hn on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:43PM (#35548719)
Sorry, I realize I didn't make it clear, but I meant Mac OS (on a MBP).
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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by squiffsquiff on Thursday April 13, 2023 @03:39AM (#35552250)
https://github.com/tombonez/noTunes
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