• TehPers@beehaw.org
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    11 months ago

    The spotlight lock screen also has ads, but you can set it to any other lock screen to disable it. There are also ways to keep spotlight and disable the ads, and the ads are at least hidden behind a mouse hover and not immediately visible by default.

    I have not seen start menu ads aside from the default bloat, but I also replace it with Start11 so I rarely see the default start menu anymore.

    Still, if I’m going to own a $200 license for an operating system, I want no ads at all.

    • MJBrune@beehaw.org
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      11 months ago

      Eh, I don’t see the lock screen as ads. They aren’t trying to sell anything. They are telling you some neat daily facts.

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        11 months ago

        I swear I’ve seen an ad on it before, but I may be misremembering. Either way, I haven’t seen the text in ages anyway, so it doesn’t bug me much.