The fact that there are ads on by default, in an OS that you PAID for, is really so laughable.
There is so much cognitive dissonance in the typical windows users minds. You'd think the average person would not PAY to have LESS control over their own machines. But I guess that microsoft PR has got you all by the balls.
* As far as I remember, start menu ads were premiered by ubuntu [1]
* They might not have "bought" windows 10 at all or at least don't feel like they did: a free upgrade from 7/8, a campus license from their university, "included" in the computer they bought
Many of the advantages and disadvantages of various OS come down to personal taste and willingness to deal with them. There's no need to belittle either side.
[Dual payment systems are not new either: Ads and payments at the same time allow you to keep the cost lower (or increase your profit if you want to formulate it more cyncically).]
> As far as I remember, start menu ads were premiered by ubuntu
And that's just as abhorrent as when Windows does it. Luckily there are lots of other distros.
> a free upgrade from 7/8
Microsoft forced that on a lot of people too, so it's not the users fault for "not paying"
> a campus license from their university, "included" in the computer they bought
Someone still payed for that, whether it is the OEM or the university. It still doesn't excuse the practice.
> Many of the advantages and disadvantages of various OS come down to personal taste and willingness to deal with them. There's no need to belittle either side.
I agree for the most part. If you have to use windows or MacOS because it is the only OS that some specific software is compiled for, and you need the software, then I don't blame you for using the OS. But really it's the software developer's fault for not releasing on all common platforms that brought the limitation in the first place.
But I'm sorry I am going to belittle people who defend dual payment systems as you call them. That is just pure greed.
There is so much cognitive dissonance in the typical windows users minds. You'd think the average person would not PAY to have LESS control over their own machines. But I guess that microsoft PR has got you all by the balls.