Windows 11 Ads: How will you be affected?

Do you think theyll put Ads into windows 10?

HAHA! This is why I am glad that my rig is unable to run Win XI in current form

Windows 11 is trash.

I hate ads

Winaero, a couple of button presses, set and forget. Used it for years., you can also buy a Pro version of Windows 11 for around $20

what ads? i never see any ads

I'm a Fedora user. Having said that, I feel that the more fluff that gets added increases the possibility of malware creeping in as well.

It's time to move on. From Microsoft and as well Android.

If anyone is paying for windows shouldn't get ads. This is how streaming services do it. They have ad free tiers. Also it wouldn't be that hard for someone to make an app that makes sure all your ad settings stay set. Can run once after a reboot

It's very distracting to have some random guy talking in the background while I only wants to Hear the music...

(smarcas... arcsams... mascras... god damn it... I don't knolw the word)

It obviously should be the other way around... 🙂

Just sayin'

And trying to listen to two things at the same time while also trying to read some random text is oh so easy...

NOT!!!

But you use Kdenlive... that's always something... :-)

In nothing. I use Ach Linux BTW. 😎

Time to dump Windows and get a Mac. I am so done with Windows, they told us 10 would be the final version, we knew that was a lie because they want more money. With 11 you don't own your own PC anymore.

You can always turn off ads but I hate it also, it's the fact MS is forcing limited account not on when installing Windows.
That frustrates me because I don't login to Windows, I like my limited offline account.

Also I can't switch to Linux I use Coreldraw, Corel Paintshop Pro and other programs that aren't on Linux. So I am forced to stay with Windows, so I am hoping modders will make it so that we can uninstall edge, remove ads and allow third party programs to be installed. I bought Windows I should be able to install whatever I want and customize it the way I want.

Adds in Windows are only the tip of the iceberg. To address the whole problem, one should figure out how to remove the spying system altogether. That is, at least, my logic to it. If you pay for a adds-free version, but the OS still spies on you, the problem is not solved. Apple won't solve that either.
It seems to me that Linux is the only candidate in line. My main OS has been Linux for a very long time and I don't experience a lot of problems. I only boot Windows 10 for two games : FFXI & MSFS. That's just about it.

Win10 already has adds in the start menu, like when u search for stuff on ur pc

Linux (Mint, in my case).

Not talking just about MS, but in general - Even with all information they get to collect about you, they STILL spam you dozens of times with a shitty ad for a product I'm not interested in, which I keep skipping in the first second, and even sent a feedback that I'm not interested in it. If the purpose was to SELL then show me something I'd buy! But the purpose is to sell ads, not products, and leech both your data and advertisers' money while providing no benefit to either.
That being said, Win 11 Start menu has already been so much enshittified and castrated of any functionality compared to WIn 10's Start (which was, actually, very good, and configurable) that adding more shit like ads doesn't matter much. I for sure won't be "upgrading" (if you can call it like that) to WIn 11, nor WIn 12 as it would be more of the same with added crappy AI on top, but will be moving to Linux, while keeping win 10 in dual boot as long as I need it for the software which can't work on Linux. Luckily, besides some games and banking/government apps, there isn't much more which can't be replaced. And I'm also not using anything Adobe nor MS Office which makes it even easier.

im very close to just moving to linux for my gaming pc

Why would you be ok with ads? The ad BS has gotten out of hand. Remember the film Minority Report? Everytime you turn around you will be bombarded. You are paying for the software, the internet, the phone, the PC. We do not need everything we use to suddenly use up bandwidth and resources to show us things we don't want to see. And it comes down to one thing and one thing only...corporate greed. And money for MS doesn't matter, it is you the consumer. If everyone did it, a consumer revolt, then companies would take notice. But we won't, too many sheep.

If windows 11 is full of crap or better yet ads! I don’t want that crap! Ubuntu and windows 10 will be use for the mean time. Until windows fix that and other issues I will stay away from it! Windows fix your crap or bye!!👋

Hate this stuff. Will ad blockers work at this level or are ads baked in?

I switched to Linux, so... I won't be affected. At all.

It's called boiling the frog.

Or you could you know switch to an OS that respects your ownership of your HW.
Also Ive never seen a channel that soo obviously bought its subs

I switched to linux because of how bad win11 is. I really hope that microsoft will change their ways but somehow I'm having a hard time imagining it.

I've had Fedora Plasma on my main daily driver PC for a little over a year now and LOVE it. Rock solid, reliable, and no ads. I refuse to upgrade my other PC with Win 10 on it to Win 11 because of Evilcorp's shenanigans. I only keep Win 10 on it to easily play some very old games.