Microsoft gives away (ie forces) upgrades to Windows 10, and the price (ie reason) is that it is now “infested” with advertising, writes Tom Warren. Ads in the file explorer. Ads in core apps. Ads for Microsoft’s browser that pop up as system notifications when he uses Chrome.
Microsoft added a notification center to Windows 10 for a reason. If it feels the need to blast its loyal users with irritating prompts then these should be channeled into that notification center, not wedged into the File Explorer or on top of the task bar. You shouldn’t have to dig deep into a settings panel to disable these; they shouldn’t be there in your File Explorer in the first place. Microsoft already had to walk back its aggressive Windows 10 upgrade prompts last year, so hopefully the company will come to its senses and rethink these annoying ads and bloatware in Windows 10.
Also, Mac nerds angrily switching to Windows was the computing equivalent of voting for Trump. The sick, sweet schadenfreude of watching the results gives me no pleasure. None at all!