Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu

Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by cm2187 on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @04:53PM (#35546713)

Pretty much after every system update I get nagged for using iCloud, apple wallet, the defaults redirects you randomly to apple music when you are trying to play your own music, etc. Perhaps you have given up to all those demands and you don't see them. Otherwise you can't really miss them. To the point that I am deferring system updates as long as I can.

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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by permo-w on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @05:18PM (#35547110)

Apple Wallet is free, and does it use modal dialogue boxes anyway?

iCloud I can’t really argue

haven’t had an Apple Music redirect for years

is that constant modal dialogues for paid services? not really

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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by cm2187 on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @06:05PM (#35547672)

You think Apple wallet is a charity? They get a cut on every transaction. Processing fees are charged to the merchant.

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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by tinus_hn on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:59PM (#35548871)

That’s Apple Pay, not the wallet app. The wallet app just shows a collection of cards supplied by the system and apps.

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Re:Microsoft Is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Sta... by permo-w on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @10:25PM (#35550064)

and by implication using your camera or your torch for free is a charity. phones have features my friend. the speakers on your PC are not a “charity”

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