I keep seeing headlines like this all the time. I'm over here like "This has already been a thing for years". Whenever I'd setup a win10 pc for someone, I'd have to clean the ads out of the start menu as part of the setup. So I ask again, how is this any different from the bullshit we're already dealing with?
this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2024
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Maybe this is why you can't have a toolbar on the taskbar, to force you into the start menu more.
It's like they want to go out of business
The wierd part is, if i think about my star menu usage in win10, there hardly is one. The important programs are on the task bar. The Startmenu isn't as much needed as used to be. Still sucks though.
i'm daily driving mint for a month now and i appreciate i did
Advertising is a goddamn disease.