Windows 11 is getting out of hand with its push for advertisments, frankly - remember the recent full-screen pop-up to persuade users to install Edge or other Microsoft services? Then another advertisment was placed in the Start menu, and now Microsoft has finally worn my temper thin - with a new Game Pass ad coming to the Settings app.

This will likely arrive in the July update for Windows 11, or at least it’s almost certain to do so. It was present in the latest preview update Microsoft just released for the OS (and quickly paused due to a bug, but that’s another story). It’s also worth noting that the ad has been present in earlier test versions of Windows 11.

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    5 months ago

    They are behaving as if someone promised them to outlaw FOSS operating systems.

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      5 months ago

      Unfortunately these are not a serious threat to them. When it comes to personal desktop / laptop OS market share, linux is in the single digits.

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        5 months ago

        Every product that has overtaken another has started in single digits. This is hardly a point at all.

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          5 months ago

          … Cool reply, thanks. Anyways, I do hope now is the time linux will take off. I recently did the switch myself