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[–] JohnAnthony@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The new Start menu is also a significant improvement over the old one, with more icons on show, the ability to turn off Recommended ads, [...]

Guys, we are allowed to disable the ads now. We might have been too harsh on microsoft after all.

...insanity, I tell you. Ads, in your face, right in the Start Menu, on your computer that you bought, on your OS that you bought.

[–] Legonatic@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Note that it doesn't disable ads. It just means the ads a user sees will be less relevant to the user based on their browsing history and consumer profiles.

[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yup was gonna say the same thing.

They can be removed with third party tools but they shouldn't be there in the first place.

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