Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re...
by soraminazuki on Monday August 11, 2025 @06:28PM
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Windows 10 is still too fresh in people's mind to gaslight people into thinking there were no ads in it.
2012: https://web.archive.org/web/20121004004109/http://community....
2015: https://web.archive.org/web/20151015182852/http://betanews.c...
2015: https://www.pcgamer.com/windows-10-solitaire-requires-a-subs...
2016: https://www.howtogeek.com/243263/how-to-disable-ads-on-your-...
2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20160602204008/http://iskandar.m...
2017: https://web.archive.org/web/20250721092516/https://www.theve...
2018: https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/192251/microsoft...
2020: https://winaero.com/wordpad-is-gettings-ads-in-windows-10/
Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re...
by michaelmrose on Monday August 11, 2025 @08:40PM
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Ubuntu was basically promoting a free benefit to home users. This doesn't seem unreasonable.
Unless you're going to call letting users know they have access to onedrive for free an "ad", Microsoft didn't do anything until Windows 11 in 2024.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-pushes-start-menu-ads-t...