Finally they are actually using there brains. They need to make Windows 10 as bad as possible to get people to switch.

Everybody should learn about pihole.

On machines where I have to use windows I run start10 to replace the start menu with something a little more bearable. I imagine there's a FOSS equivalent but I bought a license years and years ago so I've never bothered to search.

If you're a person who prefers to type commands than click through menus then you should try the "run" program in the "powertoys" suite from Microsoft.

It a launcher program that's superior to Start in every way. You can type in plain English system commands like "shutdown"; a search that actually works; you can pass queries into your browser's search engine; and of course launch programs by typing in their names. You can even enter entire registry addresses to open regedit at the desired location.

This is a complete replacement for the Start Menu.

Hold on let me check my start menu.

Oh this is gnome lolololol.

If you MUST use windows for work or something, at least install OpenShell. Otherwise, use Linux. It's so easy to switch for most use cases. Even gaming on Linux has come a very long way.

I can't believe they'll put this on windows 10 pro.

Queue everyone downgrading to Windows 8 in 3, 2, 1.

Is there a way to pre-emptively block this? Something in hosts.txt? Registry?

The very first day I see those ads in my Win10 will be the day I uninstall Win and go Linux.

I'm not partitioning my system, I'm getting a clean slate.

my laptop has windows 10, just so i can stream amazon prime since they choke it down to like 320p on linux.

This is not just gonna make me put linux on my laptop, but make me cancel streaming subscriptions too. congrats microsoft. You're fucking everyone.

"lol" -- classic shell

Now I know what the menu is when clicking the profile picture. I wondered if I was going insane and misremembered how to log out. :|