Luminous5481 [they/them]

yes. I wish the democrats hated trump as much as MAGA thinks they do.

they’re not even consistently “strictly anti-Trump”

I pay a total of $6/month for an indexer an usenet service, and $8 for a VPN. all other media, including games, I get through that.

lol I remember watching that

I imagine what they earn depends on how many ad impressions they get.

no don’t ruin the romance for me 😭

maybe I’m sappy, but the idea of trolley cars seems romantic to me. the little ding ding of their bell as they roll along. I’ve never heard of anyone having a bad day while taking a trolley ride.

yeah that would be kinda funny too

I mean, it would be pretty based if he did say it, but this seems quite a bit less charismatic than he usually is. and I also could not find any story matching this quote when I searched.

did he actually say this tho?

I’ll take that as you giving up. Good. Now as I said before, have a nice day.

Literally the best-case scenario for you is that you’re incensed over an optional feature.

personalized advertising is on by default. you have to opt out, the support page lied on that one detail. turning it off does not turn off advertisements, it just makes them generalized to people in your area because the advertising is not optional. this is pretty basic, and how all advertising platforms work, not just microsoft. and you know that, you’re just pretending you don’t.

Now go back and do the bare fucking minimum

I’m not gonna waste my time reading novels by fanboys just because your feelings are hurt. you’re under no obligation to like that. you can rage and throw a fit if you want, but I’m not going to play your game because I’m under no obligation to humor you in any way.

now, are we done here, or do you want to whine at me some more about how the thing that microsoft announced themselves can’t be true because a corporation would never be mean to you?

or you found the most passive aggressive AI chatbot. I hope it’s the latter because it’s funnier if you imagine the bot was mimicking sarcasm.

That’s a lot of words for “distro I’ve never used before“

you baited me into roasting you over the coals. well done. the only reason we’re still talking is because we made a bet over matrix on how long I can keep you responding. I figure you’re the kind of person who can’t walk away without getting the last word, so I expect you’ll keep feeding the troll for a day or two until you give up.

Let me lay this out for you: you’ve seen a screenshot - which may be real, or may not be, since screenshots are easy to fake

I ain’t gonna bother reading any more of your comment than that, because the tone of your first sentence tells me everything I need to know about what you’re going to say. below is the page from microsoft themselves covering the advertisements in windows, specifically saying they will push products and services relevant to the personalized information they have on your usage. the advertisements have been covered by dozens of journalists since early 2024. just because you don’t want to admit it, doesn’t make them any less real. have a nice day.

here’s the Microsoft support page on advertisements. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy-settings-for-recommendations-offers-in-windows-11-807608ee-3de2-4498-8e7c-eb10d655567f

If you choose to turn on Personalized offers, we will use information about your device and how you use it, including Windows diagnostic data, in combination with your account info and data collected by other Microsoft products and services to offer you personalized tips, ads, and recommendations to enhance your Windows experiences. Personalized offers include suggestions on how to customize and optimize Windows, as well as ads and recommendations for Microsoft and third-party products and services, features, apps, and hardware to enhance your Windows experiences. For example, Windows might tell you about new features to help you get the most out of your device. If you stream movies in your browser, Windows might recommend an app from the Microsoft Store that streams more efficiently. Or, if you are running out of space on your hard drive, Windows might recommend you try OneDrive or purchase hardware to add more storage.

they shouldn’t have to though. windows didn’t used to be like this. it’s sad to see the way it’s been enshittified.

you mean the dumbed-down Fedora spinoff that offers enterprise support for corporations that can’t figure out Linux by themselves? I don’t need to pay for somebody to hold my hand, but thanks.

congrats on being handy enough with Google to find a random distro name to toss out there. pity the one you picked was for chumps who got scammed into paying for something that’s free.

even if it was Mint, it would still be a step above what you’re using. I recommend you try Mint when you finally decide to stop eating crayons.

says the one still using the OS made for boomers who can’t figure out how to send an email. you can talk about people "computer"ing good enough when you take the training wheels off, kiddo.

this has been a thing since early 2024.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy-settings-for-recommendations-offers-in-windows-11-807608ee-3de2-4498-8e7c-eb10d655567f

If you choose to turn on Personalized offers, we will use information about your device and how you use it, including Windows diagnostic data, in combination with your account info and data collected by other Microsoft products and services to offer you personalized tips, ads, and recommendations to enhance your Windows experiences. Personalized offers include suggestions on how to customize and optimize Windows, as well as ads and recommendations for Microsoft and third-party products and services, features, apps, and hardware to enhance your Windows experiences. For example, Windows might tell you about new features to help you get the most out of your device. If you stream movies in your browser, Windows might recommend an app from the Microsoft Store that streams more efficiently. Or, if you are running out of space on your hard drive, Windows might recommend you try OneDrive or purchase hardware to add more storage.