Microsoft says it’s starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store. Trillion dollar corporation is so poor. They need more money by selling your data to the highest bidder. wtf? #privacy #security https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations
@nixCraft
At first I want to be mad but then I think you know what if you're on Windows you deserve this. lol.
@avlcharlie that is the sad part. people paying 100 dollars or more yet your data sold to advertisers and training their shity LLM. So in a way you are correct
@nixCraft
You know, this is going to be an issue if there's not a corporate stripped version because there are industries like healthcare and education and government entities who will probably lose their minds about tracking and getting their data sold.
@avlcharlie @nixCraft I recently purchased a desktop through my University and it came with Windows 11 installed (sadly I was forced to pay for a licence, no option of buying a computer without operating system). I turned it on just to check everything was working before wiping it out to install Linux. Windows setup kicked in and I was forced to login with a Microsoft account (no shutdown button, the only other option was pulling the plug but obviously didn't want to do that) then after having to accept a neverending series of T&C I got asked whether I wanted personalised ads. And this comes out of public money.
@nicolaromano @nixCraft
Wow.