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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

My personal laptop updated itself from 10 to 11, and 11 is infuriating. Never mind the pop ups and ads, the whole thinf just sucks. This was just the extra bit of incentive that I needed to switch back to Linux Mint. Thanks, MS!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Install Linux, problem solved

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

And instead I simply dropped Windows.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is that legal?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Probably not but they won't get punished. But if they do, the fine will be smaller than profits.