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Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 (www.neowin.net)

submitted 2 months ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Let's put it this way; when Microsoft announced its plans to start adding features to Windows 10 once again, despite the operating system's inevitable demise in October 2025, everyone expected slightly different things to see ported over from Windows 11. Sadly, the latest addition to Windows 10 is one of the most annoying changes coming from Windows 11's Start menu.

Earlier this year, Microsoft introduced a so-called "Account Manager" for Windows 11 that appears on the screen when you click your profile picture on the Start menu. Instead of just showing you buttons for logging out, locking your device or switching profiles, it displays Microsoft 365 ads. All the actually useful buttons are now hidden behind a three-dot submenu (apparently, my 43-inch display does not have enough space to accommodate them). Now, the "Account Manager" is coming to Windows 10 users.

The change was spotted in the latest Windows 10 preview builds from the Beta and Release Preview Channels. It works in the same way as Windows 11, and it is disabled by default for now because the submenu with sign-out and lock buttons does not work.

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[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I'm in the EU and use Windows 10 LTSC so I mostly clear off of this bulshit. A few months ago I bought a cheap refurbished laptop to use occasionally and decided from day 1 it would be Linux Mint only since I only use it for the basics.

A few months later and I'm surprised how far Mint came. It's so easy to use. Customizing it was a bit harder but nothing major. And to my surprise...even games. I threw a couple of games at it and everything the computer can handle would run. I was from the time where gaming on Linux was a no-no.

When LTSC support goes, I'll most likely go full Linux. The only problem is the Adobe software but maybe I can fix that with a virtual machine.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (10 children)

...decided from day 1 it would be Linux Mint only since I only use it for the basics

What kind of out of the ordinary things cannot be done with it?

I switched from Windows 3.11 and I'm still puzzled by this.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I always love when people pretend to be mystified that someone has trouble running programs on Linux when I, a non Linux user, see plenty of examples of people having trouble getting programs to run on Linux scrolling through "Everything" on Lemmy

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, some people want to run programs on Linux that were written for other operating systems.

As it happens, it can be done, but it's not the simplest way to do things.

It's like buying a PlayStation and complaining it won't run Super Mario properly.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What if those are the basics?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If those are your basics, have you considered running a Nintendo system?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I tried but Nintendo issued a DMCA takedown

[–] curry@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We need to remind ourselves that there's an entire generation that has grown up with smartphones and only touching a laptop or a desktop pc occasionally. For them, windows or chromeOS alone is a challenge. Linux is just an isekai waiting to happen when you cross that bridge of no return.

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