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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by Dah00n on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:09PM (#35620209)
I'm not disagreeing with your point, but I don't think those frustrations are comparable with advertising in the Start menu and file browser. I also find it funny that you mention problems with fonts as this is an area where I believe both Linux and macOS are ahead of Windows.
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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by Rimintil on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:55AM (#35628901)
> fonts as this is an area where I believe both Linux and macOS are ahead of Windows.

Windows caught up quite some time ago to macOS. I don't see Linux as superior with font handling. Certainly lacks on the rendering side of things (DPI etc).

> comparable with advertising in the Start menu and file browser

Wouldn't know. I use Win 11 Pro so those updates don't seem to have come down to it (yet?) and use Win 10 Ent at work where those will never arrive.

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by dlivingston on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @04:30PM (#35632933)
> Windows caught up quite some time ago to macOS

How so? I use Windows 10/11 at work and macOS at home, and Mac's font rendering is light-years ahead of Windows IMO. The font rendering subsystem is why macOS is the go-to choice for graphic designers IIRC.

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by Rimintil on Thursday April 20, 2023 @08:58AM (#35639252)
> The font rendering subsystem is why macOS is the go-to choice for graphic designers IIRC.

Nah, it was for the color accuracy of _classic_ Mac OS. Windows caught up in the Vista timeframe.

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