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We might see Microsoft adding ads to BSOD (feddit.org)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Sure to annoy IT people but those just need a line of text while the rest of the screen is free real estate for Micro$oft! Public BSODs tend to go viral too.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How would you even understand what the screen means if it doesn't tell you this anymore

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Read the post body. It's two sentences.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's not related to what I meant, I meant that the BSOD in its current state doesn't show anything useful; some generic error, a QR code leading to a generic page, a code that still doesn't let you find more than “I had a BSOD”...

So hypothetically McAfee dating “You don't seem to know what this screen means [..]” is ironic, as I don't think anybody does since Win 8.