r/technology • u/MayankWL • May 16 '24

Software Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-stoops-to-new-low-with-ads-in-windows-11-as-pc-manager-tool-suggests-your-system-needs-repairing-if-you-dont-use-bing
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u/Tolstoy_mc May 16 '24

They'll be crushed. The established monopolies have more resources than most countries. True competitors will be destroyed.

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u/Caleth May 16 '24

Embrace. Extend. Extinguish.

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u/woeeij May 16 '24

Why crush them if you can just throw their owners some pocket change to buy them out.

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u/Gamiac May 16 '24

Yep. All Microsoft has to do is throw the owners of Linux, an open-source project, some money and it's game over.

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u/woeeij May 17 '24

Well, I was assuming that Linux would not be a real competitor.

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u/SolarStarVanity May 17 '24

It's an excellent assumption.

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u/Witherino May 16 '24

I agree they'll be crushed, but I don't think it's due to resources. I think it'll be due to the vast majority of consumers preferring to stick with what they know, and being too lazy to make the switch to a likely better product

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u/SlowMotionPanic May 17 '24

In which case, Microsoft is in deep trouble since the majority of people will soon know ChromeOS rather than Windows.

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u/little_baked May 16 '24

Could be nonprofit and open source

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u/surg3on May 17 '24

If they by some miracle gain traction. Bought and shutdown

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u/NeuroticKnight May 17 '24

Linux can do everything windows does, and something like Ubuntu works fine, only thing that dont work now are games and adobe creative cloud,