Microsoft has begun testing promotions for some of its other products in the File Explorer app on devices running its latest Windows 11 Insider build.

Linux looking better by the minute.

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Me when I see a single ad on my computer or phone :honk-enraged:

    Internet advertising just activates a special kind of ire in me. I suppose we've all just accepted that advertising is everywhere in real life and there's little we can do about it, but because of adblockers and the like you actually feel like you have a say in the matter when it comes to ads on the Internet and you treat them as the personal intrusions that they are

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Proles of the Round Table had a someone who had visited the DPRK and they mentioned it was like having ad block in real life and If I wasn’t a socialist already, I would have been converted right then and there.

      • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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        3 years ago

        It is really crazy when you see pics of cities in dprk and there’s not an ad in sight. Really highlights how burgerpunk my commute is

      • fox [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        "Oh but they just want to make you recognize the brand at point of selection off the shelf, so actually the advertising works"

        I don't buy any brand I recognize without knowing where I recognize it from :gigachad:

      • OfficialBenGarrison [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Also, the more unfunny or annoying the ad is, the further up the shit list it goes.

        • Liberty Mutual, groupon, and Kitkat have the most irritating ads so I actively avoid them as much as humanly possible.
    • cawsby [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'm an old one and I remember the first Usenet advertisements. It riled Usenet - think Reddit with actual nerds before Eternal September.

      It has gone downhill from there.