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I'll uh ... be over here continuing to use an OS that doesn't show me a full-screen ad.
Does it start with an A?
Alma Linux does not have ads
I was pondering over Amiga Workbench, but Alma is nice too
AIX?
Alpine Busybox/Linux?
All I have ever seen is a single sentence on the login screen promoting MS products. Do none of you still use Windows? Are you saying stuff like this based on memes?
No, this is absolutely a thing that happens now. It came through in the last couple of updates. Sporadically it pops up a screen in your face like this:
I just got one on the little pseudo-netbook we use to run one of the barcode scanners at work the other day, despite this machine not even being "eligible" to run Windows 10.
This hasn't happened to me but probably because my computer doesn't support Windows 11 (it doesn't support TPM)
Apparently there's ads for upgrading your computer to be able to run W11. I haven't run into them myself.
Same here, but I did occasionally get a similar full screen reminding me of that fact and urging me to buy a new PC. I installed Mint instead.
Promoting MS products on the login screen of the OS you paid for is an ad.
Microsoft is adware
I’ve seen the full screen ad on windows 10. It’s not just memes.
I'll uh .. be over here continuing to use an OS that doesn't show me an ad when I am logging in.
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I use W10 and I've gotten two full-screen ads for W11 in the last two weeks.
i think the ads are a US thing only
They’re not. I got one last week, the one about ‘buy a new computer with Windows 11’. And I’m in the Netherlands.
well, i stand corrected. i only have win10 on my laptop that i use for school and haven't seen any popups. may be because updater is broken beyond repair...
I don't use Windows and haven't for well over a decade, but my SO does and they haven't mentioned anything. Not sure if that means it didn't happen, or they just don't care.
That said, I remember seeing the ads for Candy Crush and whatnot in the start menu, and that was annoying. I also played w/ Win 11, and it seemed to have similar nonsense, plus they moved everything around again.