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Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu.

Luckily you can disable these ads, or “recommendations” as Microsoft calls them. If you’ve installed the latest KB5036980 update then head into Settings > Personalization > Start and turn off the toggle for “Show recommendations for tips, app promotions, and more.” While KB5036980 is optional right now, Microsoft will push this to all Windows 11 machines in the coming weeks.

Microsoft’s move to enable ads in the Windows 11 Start menu follows similar promotional spots in the Windows 10 lock screen and Start menu. Microsoft also started testing ads inside the File Explorer of Windows 11 last year before disabling the experiment and saying the test was “not intended to be published externally.” Hopefully that experiment remains very much an experiment.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I recently installed Nobara with Nvidia on my three year old alienware desktop because of Windows 11 turning to advertising shit. Nobara is finicky enough that I might jump over to PopOS. Lots of shearing and frame skips in video, let alone in gaming. I don't have this issue on my other laptop with PopOS on it.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like you're not using the proprietary binary blob.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Are you referring to the additional installs in the Nobara Welcome App?

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I dunno what DM that is but if it's gnome, in the about it will tell you what graphics card you're using and what kernel extension

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

System Details Report

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  • Date generated: 2024-04-24 17:43:52

Hardware Information:

  • Hardware Model: Alienware Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition
  • Memory: 64.0 GiB
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900 × 24
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 3080
  • Disk Capacity: (null)

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  • Firmware Version: 2.2.1
  • OS Name: Nobara Linux 39 (GNOME Edition)
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  • OS Type: 64-bit
  • GNOME Version: Not Available
  • Windowing System: Wayland
  • Kernel Version: Linux 6.8.5-201.fsync.fc39.x86_64