Apparently not boring enough to prevent an endless series of breathless postings predicting the impending adpocalypse.
You'll need to run an entire computing ecosystem that respects those principles; a browser that displays no ads, no use of an OS or applications that require phone-home activation, etc.
I can turn off ads in my browsers.Apparently not boring enough to prevent an endless series of breathless postings predicting the impending adpocalypse.
You'll need to run an entire computing ecosystem that respects those principles; a browser that displays no ads, no use of an OS or applications that require phone-home activation, etc.
Doable, but some sacrifices will probably be required.
Like I said... pretty boring.Apparently not boring enough to prevent an endless series of breathless postings predicting the impending adpocalypse.
Very few. By the way, browsers don't really display ads. Well, I have seen some rebranded browsers with adware baked in but obviously I'm not going there.
That's fine for you, but malch was more specific about his requirements.I can turn off ads in my browsers.Apparently not boring enough to prevent an endless series of breathless postings predicting the impending adpocalypse.
You'll need to run an entire computing ecosystem that respects those principles; a browser that displays no ads, no use of an OS or applications that require phone-home activation, etc.
Doable, but some sacrifices will probably be required.
Activation doesn't delete programs or user data.
I can, under Win7, decide whether to let an update/upgrade install, for the O/S, for MS programs, and for non-MS programs and drivers.
I can block a certain program or programs from talking to the 'mothership' or other places.
So far, I've not noticed any sacrifices for having these capabilities.
If first-party adverts are OK in browsers, you shouldn't be bothered by first-party adverts in Windows like the "Office" and "Store" tiles.Like I said... pretty boring.Apparently not boring enough to prevent an endless series of breathless postings predicting the impending adpocalypse.
Very few. By the way, browsers don't really display ads. Well, I have seen some rebranded browsers with adware baked in but obviously I'm not going there.
Web pages display adverts. But that's very different from having my operating system delivering ads onto my eyeballs. Trust me, Microsoft understand the difference. And see it as a huge opportunity for them.
I'm certainly not upset with Mozilla because Firefox faithfully renders the ads that are included in web pages published by other parties.
Then you'd have to find a different browser. A minor inconvenience.
Clearly we have a very different take on this.
Heh, I like your analogy. Still, I see vastly more in-browser ads that just *don't* scrape off, than those so-far easily removed MS tiles. Luckily, I ignore most PC ads just as I do on TV;and the adblockers seem to do a fair job getting rid of the most obnoxious offenders.Clearly we have a very different take on this.
Web page ads are like the billboards along the freeway. I don't like them but they're in a public place and first amendment rights apply etc. etc.
Having Microsoft placing ads in my operating system is like having the ClearChannel man with a broom and a bucket of wallpaper paste sticking giant posters on my living room wall.
Even if he uses crappy paste that makes the posters easy to scrape off
I think it's a valid one. They really are encroaching on my private territory. That's not the same as an ad hosted on a web server that is owned or rented by someone else in a different building/city/country.
Yikes, are you really willing to set the bar that low?
I haven't found an effective ad blocker for TV so I cut the cord quite a few years ago. No more ads and I saved quite a few thousand bucks.
What are the names of the executables that were deleted in a Win 10 install or upgrade? Did the were the executables available to download and reinstall? So far, I have only see executables of the Utility type that have been moved the windows.old folder. Microsoft has a right to protect it's property from malfunctioning software if they give free tech support. Would you like to go back to the days where you had to pay for each incident you sent to MS?
Executables need to be uninstalled because of the effects on the registry. I believe that Microsoft current scheme is to move the banished executable to the windows.old folder. If the software is erased (still has complete registry entries), I would look for malware involvement.
Do you know what software Microsoft has deleted in conjunction with an install or upgrade?
You can always vote with your wallet. Why not just uninstall windows and install Linux?
I've seen no software deletions myself on any of our five Windows 10 PCs, but apparently a few utilities are affected.
I suspected as much. The only software I could find that was subject to moving to windows.old was an old copy of ccleaner.
I really can't believe so many folks are willing to compromise these principles but it seems they are.
Am disappointed to see that you think Microsoft's Win10 policy of deleting programs without the user's permission is OK. But that's your opinion and it's publicized.
Actually it's the other way around. I provided tech support, both in my job and in personal life, for folks who had Microsoft OS problems from the days of DOS to Windows 8. Some problems were not Microsoft's fault but some were. So I've saved MS from getting some calls. For the record, I've never called MS for any support except to re-activate my PCs that I had upgraded beyond Window's hardware hash restrictions.
