From: nospam@dfs.com   
      
   On 2/23/2026 2:13 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
      
    > You know the usual story: Windows is becoming an absolute   
    > pain in the bum to use with all the advertising   
      
      
   "the usual complete bullshit story" in your MS-hating peabrain.   
      
   You can turn ads off everywhere, except in Casual Games where they're   
   infrequent.  It's not at all a pain in the ass to deal with ads in   
   Windows.   
      
      
   But ...   
      
   * they shouldn't be there in the first place   
      
   * if they're going to put them in they should be opt-in   
      
   * shame on MS for the greed and contempt for users exhibited by non-   
      dismissable telemetry and advertising   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)