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MS Edge is the most egregious offender, for me.

There’s a nice UI under all of the offensive promos and news they force onto you.

My kid just got a new school laptop, preloaded by the school.

He opens up Edge and Boom! It’s spamming him with fake Ads and horror news stories about war.

Thanks for that MS. It’s like they really do not understand what made Google Search so popular back in the say.

FWIW, I do think macOS is a lot better :-)

Also, the world of Linux GUIs really needs to pick up its game. They just never seem very good; accomplished, reliable, feature competitive.

Today’s Ubuntu UI/UX isn’t even competitive with macOS from a decade ago IMHO and for my use cases :-)



I bought my first Windows pc recently (a gaming rig). I was shocked to find that even Minesweeper had ads! “Microsoft has no taste” seems to still hold.


"You've run out of flags! Click here to go to the Minesweeper Store, or wait an additional 2:29 minutes"

I can't even believe I'm saying this: but all joking aside, I MIGHT be inclined to buy a cosmetic skin for smiley if they offered it.




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