Microsoft said it would reduce ads in Windows 11, but its popular wallpaper app, was recently updated with adware-like behavior.
  • tux7350@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    7 days ago

    No hate, but I actually liked a lot of the photos that they had selected. Lots of international holidays and events called out which was fun. Got worried for a second, since I still have it set as my current wallpaper.

    Then I giggled and remember to myself that I switched to Linux and KDE can pull directly from them without any of the spyware ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • MushuChupacabra@piefed.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    Microslop’s Windows 11’s Bing Wallpaper app now acts like adware, reaffirming their adversarial role towards their users.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      I think adversarial is too weak a word, an adversary is someone who is only temporarily against you and/or can be reasoned with. Enmity fits better.

  • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
    15·
    7 days ago

    Daily reminder that Linux is a very simple alternative since 2004 (thanks Obama Ubuntu) and you don’t need Windows anymore unless you use it at work.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Or unless you have a nvidia graphics card, or use programs/play games that Wine doesn’t support properly yet, or have peripherals that don’t have good driver support on Linux.

      • Impleader@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        I use an Nvidia card (RTX 4080) on my Bazzite PC and have almost no issues with anything from AAA games to obscure old/indie games. My issue is that I’m struggling to get FL Studio and its plugins running properly in Wine. I still have a MacBook Air for that, but would much prefer my desktop.

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      19·
      7 days ago

      Linux was not a simple alternative back in 2004.

      As someone who actually used desktop Linux back then it was damned annoying to get flash working, not to mention the nightmare of WiFi…

      You also needed to download a third party pack of software to play MP3s, and I remember being pissed off at Linux back in 2009 when it hadn’t downloaded libdvdcss when I had installed VLC before going on a trip, and VLC refused to play a few DVDs I had brought with me.

      I would say that Linux became significantly simpler sometime around 2018 or so.

      • Admetus@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        3·
        7 days ago

        Yeah I don’t think I would’ve been using it in 2004, though Ubuntu was going strong in my university physics department in 2006. I found Linux working really efficiently 2020-ish and I don’t have a single windows system now.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    7 days ago

    I mean this been a Staple of Android for years and years so, welcome to the club I guess.