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[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

It's not complicated.

It's an ad.

There's no version of advertising I will ever be OK with.

[-] orsetto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 months ago

Not an ad. No one is trying to sell you anything.

(If you get the notification) you're already using their product.

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Yes, it is an ad. Any call to action is an ad.

And its mere presence will ensure I don't give them any more money. The core concept of inserting any ad in an OS is not behavior I am willing to reward.

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago

This is not an OS behaviour. KDE is a desktop environment.

If it bothers you so much, remove the DE and use the command line, full time

[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 3 months ago

Drink some water!

...was that an ad?

[-] null@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 months ago

Stop it, you're scaring him!

[-] orsetto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

Ads try to sell you something, there is no "call to action". Here, there is nothing to sell, so by definition it's not an ad.

They are just asking you if you'd like to help them in providing you the product you're already using.

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

You pretty clearly don't know what a call to action is, or an ad is, because "please give money" is very obviously a call to action, and many ads make no effort whatsoever to sell any product.

[-] Vincent@feddit.nl 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Then just not use it? You could even ask for a refund, I'm sure they'll give it to you.

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 months ago

Your entitlement is Karen level.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 16 points 3 months ago

You're advertising your opinion here, is that okay?

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