this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2026
1234 points (98.5% liked)
Microblog Memes
10160 readers
4222 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
Rules:
- Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
- Be nice.
- No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
- Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.
Related communities:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
How is it bullshit? You clearly see the screenshot.
Let me lay this out for you: you've seen a screenshot - which may be real, or may not be, since screenshots are easy to fake - which backs a narrative which you and this service generally buy into. When that is pushed back on you don't go, "huh, yeah I guess this might not be the slam dunk it's presented as" but instead dig your heels in.
I booted up a windows machine and checked, and the first suggestion is the terminal application. I don't know if the difference is due to trickery or misconfiguration, but I do know that it's not particularly supportive of the narrative that you clearly subscribe to when a bunch of people don't even get the supposed bad behaviour.
Assuming that all the people who don't get the same result just turned off some option: my Linux laptop had an issue where it didn't work properly with monitors behind MST hubs. I spent hours finding an imperfect workaround and dealing with said imperfections until eventually (years later) it was fixed. In comparison, finding and disabling whatever option this might be controlled by takes a few minutes (I assume - like I said, I can't remember disabling it, if indeed I did, but I'm sure it wasn't complicated else I would remember)
Now, I still prefer Linux; it's the right trade-off for me most of the time. But y'all could stand to be less fuckin religious about it. Most people, I would think, would take the 5 minutes to google and disable something they don't like over the hours of time I've wasted for this one issue.
I ain't gonna bother reading any more of your comment than that, because the tone of your first sentence tells me everything I need to know about what you're going to say. below is the page from microsoft themselves covering the advertisements in windows, specifically saying they will push products and services relevant to the personalized information they have on your usage. the advertisements have been covered by dozens of journalists since early 2024. just because you don't want to admit it, doesn't make them any less real. have a nice day.
here's the Microsoft support page on advertisements. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy-settings-for-recommendations-offers-in-windows-11-807608ee-3de2-4498-8e7c-eb10d655567f
Then don't reply.
Literally the best-case scenario for you is that you're incensed over an optional feature.
Now go back and do the bare fucking minimum and read my comment before replying, since that's what we could now be discussing instead of me complaining about how lazy you are.
personalized advertising is on by default. you have to opt out, the support page lied on that one detail. turning it off does not turn off advertisements, it just makes them generalized to people in your area because the advertising is not optional. this is pretty basic, and how all advertising platforms work, not just microsoft. and you know that, you're just pretending you don't.
I'm not gonna waste my time reading novels by fanboys just because your feelings are hurt. you're under no obligation to like that. you can rage and throw a fit if you want, but I'm not going to play your game because I'm under no obligation to humor you in any way.
now, are we done here, or do you want to whine at me some more about how the thing that microsoft announced themselves can't be true because a corporation would never be mean to you?
See, now you're typing falsehoods because you didn't bother reading for fifteen seconds. How embarrassing for you.
I'll take that as you giving up. Good. Now as I said before, have a nice day.
Can you recreate it?
that's a pretty silly thing to say, considering multiple technology websites have been posting similar screenshots and reporting on this for well over a year, ever since it was announced the ads were coming. was it bullshit when PC Mag reported on it? when CNET reported on it? when any one of the dozens of other sites did? was it bullshit when Microsoft themselves said they were coming?
it's bullshit because why? you fanboy microsoft? ok, that's fine, you're entitled to your opinion, but ads all over Windows is a fact of life now, and no amount of denial from you is going to change the objective reality. they've said they are going to be pushing advertising to more areas of windows. they don't give a shit if their users don't want to believe that. they didn't ask for your opinion on the matter.
I would never subject myself to that sort of enshitified corporate bullshit. I value my time far too much to use windows. so to answer your question, I refuse to debase myself by recreating it. if you're into that sort of stuff I won't kink shame you too much, but that ain't for me, fam.
So that’s a no then
you're not particularly gifted with an overabundance of smarts, are you?
Here’s what I am gifted with: VMWare workstation pro and a Windows 11 25H2 iso. Just did a fresh install of Win 11 Home, and shockingly enough, TERMINAL IS THE FIRST RESULT FOR TERMINAL IN THE START MENU. No IMDB listing at all. So unless you are gonna to try and recreate the screenshot above, like I just did, STFU.
...or what?
Or nothing you clown. Nobody cares.
yes, I did, you just didn't have any retort to it. we're still waiting on you to explain why it's bullshit when microsoft announced it themselves and it's been covered on dozens of tech journalism sites since early 2024. there's literally a toggle in the control panel to turn personalized ads off.
You were wrong about this from the beginning, so go back to reading CNET and jerking off about Linux superiority.
see? I showed you. you can't handle it so you're just crashing out and refusing to even bother trying to refute it, because you know I'm fucking right.
here's the Microsoft support page on advertisements. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy-settings-for-recommendations-offers-in-windows-11-807608ee-3de2-4498-8e7c-eb10d655567f
cry more about it all you want, but Microsoft themselves say you are wrong, and I am right.
Ok pal. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
what's gonna help me sleep at night is you finally being honest and admitting that Linux is superior.
Nah. You just don’t know how to computer good enough.
says the one still using the OS made for boomers who can't figure out how to send an email. you can talk about people "computer"ing good enough when you take the training wheels off, kiddo.
lol. Says the Mint user.
even if it was Mint, it would still be a step above what you're using. I recommend you try Mint when you finally decide to stop eating crayons.
Hit me back when you graduate to RHEL
you mean the dumbed-down Fedora spinoff that offers enterprise support for corporations that can't figure out Linux by themselves? I don't need to pay for somebody to hold my hand, but thanks.
congrats on being handy enough with Google to find a random distro name to toss out there. pity the one you picked was for chumps who got scammed into paying for something that's free.
Know what I love about you Linux fanbois? So. Fucking. Easy. To. Bait.
you baited me into roasting you over the coals. well done. the only reason we're still talking is because we made a bet over matrix on how long I can keep you responding. I figure you're the kind of person who can't walk away without getting the last word, so I expect you'll keep feeding the troll for a day or two until you give up.
Good luck on your quest to be a winner. Sorry if this kept you up all night.