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Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising(www.techradar.com)

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Kairos@lemmy.today
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Didn’t they always promote in settings? Or is this an actual ad?

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blindbunny@lemmy.ml
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I’ve used Windows since 95 this is the first time I’ve heard of an ad in any os’s settings.

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Kairos@lemmy.today
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Don’t they beg you to sign in, enable one drive, etc.?

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blindbunny@lemmy.ml
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Yeah probably I stopped using windows after 7 but that wasn’t in the settings.

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