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Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone
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Me, on my Ubuntu machine: 🧐🤔😂😂😂😂😂😂
yeah you get ads in the terminal instead
Wait, what? Ubuntu spams you in the terminal?
It's not an ad. Nobody is being paid to put that there. It's a promotion.
they're advertising their paid product, don't really see a difference semantically
It is very different.
advertisement /,ædvər'taɪzmənt/ noun a public promotion of some product or service
No, it isn't.
If by very different you mean exactly the same
Microsoft: "Ours is not an ads either, it's a recommendation for a store app. We're not advertising products you cannot install on your PC."
It's an ad because its shown as a condition of payment/something economical.
In that case, you're contradicting yourself, because the Ubuntu "promotions" require a money exchange.
Linux soy boys gonna soy
Lol
Your comment is hilarious because Ubuntu placed ads for Amazon in the equivalent of start menu way before Microsoft even had that idea. Ubuntu now displays ads for Ubuntu Pro (or Premium, whatever the name is) in the terminal. Ubuntu is the Windows wannabe of the Linux world.
Thankfully I stay away from the terminal whenever possible and I started using this thing after the ads from Amazon were no longer a thing xd
In other words, you hide your head in the sand, like many Windows users.
I just use the GUI since I already wasted six months learning how to use the terminal during 2019. It lost its 'magic' after I wanted to just use my computer
That's honestly cool. Doesn't negate the fact that Ubuntu has a history with ads in various places. Just because you choose not to look at places where they are, doesn't mean they aren't there. I could use Windows without ever opening the start menu. Doesn't mean the ads don't exist.
Lol, or we just use the computer and don't cry about stupid bullshit
Except that it's not stupid bullshit. It's like saying "just suck it up and accept the fact that your TV will serve you ads and track you."
Yup and that's exactly what people do lol.
Unfortunately, yes.
"You need these updates!!!!! But they're only available with Ubuntu Pro."
So.....
Ubuntu is in the Microsoft Store. Maybe there will be an ad for that.