Windows is becoming adware
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A recent update means that when I click Start and start typing, the entire start menu is immediately converted to a Bing homepage style thing full of stuff I literally have no interest in. American sports, American politics, Entertainment news. I'm trying to find the Visual Studio Installer. I'm working. I'm really, really not interested in what Bing thinks I care about because it's never close, nor will I ever give Bing enough info to make it close. It's none of its business. I don't understand this mentality. Ram-it-down-your-throat advertising is dead. I should know - I have a media company. And yet Microsoft seems to be going down a path designed to make the user experience worse for negligible gain.
cheers Chris Maunder
You really think that because you exert a measurable influence in the Microsoft development ecosystem they're going to listen to you? Chris, I'm shocked I tell you, shocked. I didn't think you Aussies were that gullible.
Software Zen:
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You really think that because you exert a measurable influence in the Microsoft development ecosystem they're going to listen to you? Chris, I'm shocked I tell you, shocked. I didn't think you Aussies were that gullible.
Software Zen:
delete this;🤣
cheers Chris Maunder
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Not sure how you can run Server 2016/2019 on a laptop. I know too much about the idiots at MS -- but for now, I'm stuck on Windows 10 (the reason I'm not upgrading to Win11 is that it's even worse when it comes to updates)
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We'll see :-) It's not terribly difficult though.
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A recent update means that when I click Start and start typing, the entire start menu is immediately converted to a Bing homepage style thing full of stuff I literally have no interest in. American sports, American politics, Entertainment news. I'm trying to find the Visual Studio Installer. I'm working. I'm really, really not interested in what Bing thinks I care about because it's never close, nor will I ever give Bing enough info to make it close. It's none of its business. I don't understand this mentality. Ram-it-down-your-throat advertising is dead. I should know - I have a media company. And yet Microsoft seems to be going down a path designed to make the user experience worse for negligible gain.
cheers Chris Maunder
The more I hear and experience these things, the more I'm leaning toward Linux. Enough is enough already. Cheers, Johann