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Aaand … it’s ads. What a surprise.

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That’s not an ad

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There’s no apparent way to disable the Microsoft 365 account manager in the Start menu, and there’s no option to deactivate the constant nagging to upgrade to a paid Microsoft 365 subscription.

Sounds like an ad to me.

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It’s a button to manage your Microsoft account that you signed into windows with. It’s not shocking that it has an option to upgrade said account

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  1. I don’t use windows, stop assuming things about me
  2. Everything you don’t like or don’t use isn’t an ad. This is no different than Gmail and Google chrome having Google drive integration.
  3. Microsoft has been forcing people to use online accounts for windows login, so it’s only natural for the account button to let you manage it as well.
  4. This isn’t an endorsement or a value judgement.
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Article says (but don’t believe them):

But it’s not all ads. In fact, Microsoft does make useful changes from time to time

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I use Linux exclusively and hate Microsoft, but isn’t that statement objectively true?

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39 points

Oh boy! Not all ads! Oh yippee! I have been blessed on this fine day! 🥰

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Sure, you had fewer ads before, but now you got slightly fewer ads than the amount known to induce seizures. Blessed be the fruit!

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