• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    There aren’t more ads than 10 because MS has added those ads to 10 with each update over the years.

    Weather bug in taskbar is an ad server. You click on it and it brings up bing stories to get you to click them and see ads. The search bar now has a little daily decoration. Click it for ads. The search menu has bing news- again to bait you into clicking one and seeing an ad.

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      10 months ago

      And all of these are easily disabled with GPO, registry edits, and other basic system administration means.

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        10 months ago

        One shouldn’t have to disable ads in any OS. They shouldn’t exist in the first place.

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      10 months ago

      Ah, that likely explains it. I know when installing I hit “no” on anything that sounds remotely marketing related and I turned off search and weather because they just don’t add any value and I like a clean screen. So I think the only ads I get are the small, unobtrusive ones on the lock screen, which I can’t say I’m bothered by in the slightest. I barely even notice them since it isn’t like I stare at the lock screen.