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Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising (www.techradar.com)

submitted 4 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its push for advertisments, frankly - remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade users to install Edge or other Microsoft services? Then another advertisment was placed in the Start menu, and now Microsoft has finally worn my temper thin - with a new Game Pass ad coming to the Settings app.

This will likely arrive in the July update for Windows 11, or at least it’s almost certain to do so. It was present in the latest preview update Microsoft just released for the OS (and quickly paused due to a bug, but that’s another story). It’s also worth noting that the ad has been present in earlier test versions of Windows 11.

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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 months ago (13 children)

Guys, I'll switch in a heartbeat to a Linux OS if any one you can recommend a stable OS that works on a Surface Go 2. It should support its touchscreen, of course, and a Surface Pen. Plus, a FOSS alternative to Journal would be stellar

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A quick Google reveals https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Supported-Devices-and-Features#feature-matrix

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you really need a custom kernel for the surface devices?

[–] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

I don't. But the person I replied to said they were having trouble with Linux on a surface.
So, that's a project dedicated to Linux on surfaces. I would presume they had tried the usual distros and found them lacking

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