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Microsoft is testing full-screen Microsoft 365 ads in Windows 11 for expired subscriptions (www.neowin.net)
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[–] kadup@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Of course they are. Coincidentally, newer devices being bought in 2025 are increasingly shipping with fully locked UEFI that prevents you from installing anything but Windows.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

I thought that was illegal.

[–] azur@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you happen to know any specific hardware that does so? I haven't heard of that and I'm genuinely curious.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe Windows ARM devices?

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

You can run Linux on those, except for the surface pro X which never got support

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

I have never seen this nor can I find any examples of this online. Any examples?

[–] TedKaczynski@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

increasingly shipping with fully locked UEFI that prevents you from installing anything but Windows.

This is false information.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I tried to do a dual boot on my bf's new laptop, he was li-curious, it ended up being such a hassle he just switched entirely. He prefers the Mac like interface on Wayland.

[–] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Wayland isn't the desktop environment (window compositor). That's probably Gnome, as it's very mac like.