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.

  • sunzu
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    195 months ago

    Because they are not “ads”

    They use the same propaganda tactics that governments in 20th century perfected

    Gets people going

    • @[email protected]
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      205 months ago

      Imagine If I worked for Kellogs and I hired a guy to follow you and yell about how good corn flakes are every time you look at your phone, every time your TV shows go on a break, and every time you pass a billboard in your car, or a marquee on a building. Even if we assume that person does nothing else illegal somehow, that could easily still be harassment, which is definitely not free speech.

      • sunzu
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        5 months ago

        Tell that to the courts that’s who decided this degeneracy is acceptable.

        Don’t get me started on them spying

        • @[email protected]
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          75 months ago

          I’ve long know I wouldn’t make a good lawyer because you can’t say things like “Listen here you little shit” even when you’re right.

          • sunzu
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            55 months ago

            Sure way to get some time in the hole haha

            When corruption is the process, no amount of good argument will win tho.

          • @[email protected]
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            35 months ago

            I’ve been called a sovereign citizen as an insult, though I’m just a voluntarist (not sure if ancap or generic anarchist), and that sometimes was past the point of me saying

            things like “Listen here you little shit”

            but I’ll admit “the society” wasn’t persuaded. Though sometimes it felt that possibly more than half of the people present agreed, but were confident that the majority doesn’t.

            It’s actually a very good propaganda strategy - even if most people disagree with you (as the bad guy), what’s important is that they believe that others agree and thus keep their heads down.

            • sunzu
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              15 months ago

              I’ve been called a sovereign citizen

              Political operatives on socials use this as a smear when they can’t counter with a reasonable, factual argument.

              “Ohh you don’t wan to submit to some corpo/state’s idiotic policy, what are you a sovereign citizen”

              No, just an adult person who pays taxes and has common sense

              I don’t think these people are a “real” imho

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                25 months ago

                Some were standing before me, but TBH they likely had acquaintances working in one government embezzling money.