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Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage (www.ghacks.net)
submitted 6 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft's announcement: "We are introducing a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. The Game Pass recommendation card on Settings Homepage will be shown to you if you actively play games on your PC. As a reminder – the Settings homepage will be shown only on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 and if you’re signed into Windows with your Microsoft account."

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Most people are actually passively opting for Windows.

Computers just come with it, or if somebody install it for them, Windows is the default expectation.

MacOS comes with very expensive Apple computers, and most people just choose Windows. The idea of Linux either never crosses their mind, they may not be aware of its existence, or think it's some geeky server thing.

Most people opting for Windows, thereby, don't make a rational decision between Windows, Linux, MacOS, FreeBSD or whatever. For them, Windows is just how computer works.

[–] stardustsystem@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's like back in the day when everyone used Internet Explorer for their web browser. There's little to nothing in the marketplace indicating to them that an alternative exists in the first place, let alone that they could switch to it.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

Exactly.