![]() ![]() There is no other proper name for that than an ad. You honestly don't think those are ads? It's Microsoft pushing "install this!" icons for third-party apps from the store in your face in a non-related UI place in the OS, that you have not chosen to install. They were icons that install the apps (or take you to the store) once you click them. In fact, some of these "pre-installed" apps weren't even installed (like crapware is) at all. Candy Crush, some racing game, some other game, Spotify. I did a brand new Windows install recently and it had all sorts of icons for apps in the Start Menu that aren't made by Microsoft. ![]() I’m also OK with paying more for Windows 10 Pro to not have the stupid ads. So I’m not bothered, as long as it’s not outright spying. I mean, if you don’t care about it after that then you don’t care. Most of media coverage about Windows 10 revolved around its telemetry. But if a collective in aggregate constantly criticizes minor offenses by one player but lets other players off the leash for way more, it’s not about privacy, sorry.Īlso, I don’t agree that people are ignorant. Can you imagine any serious digital product NOT doing what is essentially telemetry? Imagine online ad companies NOT spying on you? I mean, if it offends you, then sure, voice your discontents. If telemetry as done by OS providers is an offense, then half the tech industry is built on top of even more severe privacy offenses. Ubuntu does telemetry (albeit presumably less). MacOS does a comparable amount of telemetry. I would think differently if I saw the same amount of criticism towards other products which commit similar if not worse “offenses”. But the whole narrative on HN does feel like that and is essentially a tribal, condescending thing. Sorry, I didn’t mean to say you were mocking. ![]()
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